A hundred years of conflict among rival star empires has thrust almost two hundred planets into the blaze of war. An uneasy ceasefire now blankets the Astragius Galaxy...
Chirico Cuvie, a special‑forces powered‑armor ace, is abruptly reassigned to a clandestine unit tasked with pilfering classified intel from his own forces! He is now on the run—fleeing his former comrades!
With doubts about his allegiance and to obfuscate their trail, the conspirators abandon Chirico in the void, hoping he will perish. By sheer fortune, the defector survives and becomes a target of both the shadowy cabal and military surveillance.
Haunted by the image of an enigmatic, alluring woman—the mission"s quarry—and his only key to decoding their betrayal, he presses onward. Yet the conspirators will stop at nothing to safeguard their secret agenda...