Railroad executive Dagny Taggart and steel mogul Henry Rearden form an alliance to fight the increasingly authoritarian government of the United States.
Railroad owner Dagny Taggart and steel mogul Hank Rearden search desperately for the inventor of a revolutionary motor as the U.S. government continues to spread its control over the national economy.
As crime and fear take over the countryside, the government continues to exert its brutal force against the nation's most productive who are mysteriously vanishing - leaving behind a wake of despair.