"We can't wait for the perfect time to live our lives. Otherwise we lose a great deal of what it means to live." Successful within the Coalition of Law Enforcement and engaged to be married, David Malard had it all until his bride-to-be was brutally murdered. Grief stricken, he agrees to enlist in Earthenia's Special Forces as they prepare to face an old and deadly enemy. Before he knows it, an invasion of his world throws him onto the front lines where he must battle not only a powerful army, but also the horror and grief he struggles with as he witnesses the brutality of war.