A routine mission that’s anything but…
The Empyrean Guard is the foremost insertion unit in the Outer Forces – the best of the best, capable of handling almost any assignment in service to the Outer Union in its cold war with the Inner Coalition. Until a standard retrieval mission suddenly goes sideways…
A deserter who carries crucial information…
An accidental encounter that’s not really by chance…
An intelligence drop interrupted by local drunkards looking for a fight…
And a top-secret operation that could change the fate of the galaxy.