The diplomacy of war was being tested to the limit as terrorist actions
on the planet Victoria threatened to pitch Federation and Alliance alike
into the all-out combat neither wanted. But the greatest danger came
from the lizard-like Merishi and the enormous Baernoi, who were
manipulating all the human factions for their own benefit. The Merishi
would do anything for a profit, while the Baernoi would willingly
sacrifice humans and Merishi alike for political power. But there were
also unidentified forces who had struck two deadly blows, dropping a
fusion bomb with devastating effect and staging a direct attack on
Victoria's Government house. And suddenly Victoria rocked with a chain
reaction of destruction and death that could overwhelm them all--in an
explosion of violence that could prove beyond the power of the
Shenandoah's troops to stop...