The ATLAS mechanized battle suits are the pinnacle of military
technology, boasting awesome destructive power--but what is behind the
armor is only human. Rade Galaal, elite soldier and ATLAS operator, has
been tested--and broken--by savage battles and devastating losses. Now,
an old enemy poses a new threat.
The vile insectile aliens that once threatened Earth have regrouped to
engineer a new apocalyptic assault on mankind, and the ATLAS mechs are
called to defend the very survival of the human race.
On the desolate, far-flung moons of Tau Ceti II, there will come a
reckoning. Earth's adversaries are legion, and the planet's
soldiers--for all of their rigorous training and amazing ordnance--are
only flesh and blood. But they possess a defiant will to survive. Will
Rade find the strength to reforge his shattered spirit and defeat the
alien onslaught before all is lost?