An exciting new special-ops adventure from the battle-tested vets who
created the popular Starfist series
Jorge Lavager, charismatic leader of the mysterious Union of Margelan,
ferociously guards an agricultural research facility on the planet
Atlas. What that facility conceals will prove whether Lavager is an
idealist seeking to unify Atlas under a banner of freedom and
prosperity--or a tyrant aiming to control all of Human Space.
The Marines of Fourth Force Recon's second platoon are dispatched to
Atlas to uncover the truth. They will have to sneak past
state-of-the-art surveillance equipment barring unlawful entry to the
planet and land in a desolate area miles from their target. And if they
discover lethal new weapons instead of legitimate research, the
thirty-six Marines are to seize the compound--guarded by merciless,
armed-to-the-teeth soldiers--and destroy it. But what the recon team
finds on Atlas sets off a chain of events that will force some hard
decisions on the Marines . . . and end in a deadly surprise.