Months have passed since the alien infestation on Mars. Lance Corporal Bennett and the rest of Fire Team Echo have had plenty of time to reflect on their actions, their wounds and their losses. On the verge of becoming comfortable, a colony in Alpha Centauri goes dark. Bennett and her teammates are deployed once again to face an unknown threat. To figure out what is going on and save the civilian population, Bennett will have to face an unexpected enemy, question the motives of the people around her, and confront pieces of her past head on.
Doctor Monika Kade is on the verge of a technological breakthrough that will propel the human race upwards in the ranks of galactic society. Without warning, her entire life is ripped away from her. Broken and disposed of, Monika finds something hiding within herself she never knew existed: a thirst for vengeance.