In a war of annihilation, there are no neutrals. Only patriots and traitors... PFC Kent Nielson and the few survivors from the genocide on the planet of Corinth are safely aboard the destroyer Belkins on its way back to Earth. Which is just where their enemies want them. While the Belkins races home to warn Earth's defense forces of the true menace behind the alien threat, the galaxy's richest powerbrokers will stop at nothing to end the only real threat they face. The loss of their massive investment...