Year P.D. 323. Gjallarhorn's political incursion into the Arbrau central legislature intensified into a military clash involving mobile mechs and widespread casualties. The confrontation was halted by Tekkadan, a cadre of youths hailing from Mars.
Rumors of Tekkadan's deeds also reached Wistario Afam, a young man born and raised at the Radonitsa Settlement in the harsh desert close to Venus. Venus, which was defeated by Mars in the development race, lies on a distant frontier where the four major economic blocs pay little heed. It now serves solely as a penal outpost for felons, whose residents lack even identification cards and endure harsh conditions.
Then Wistario, determined to alter his homeland's status quo, meets a woman who asserts herself as the guide for the Urdr-Hunt.
