Lieutenant Commander Matthew Reddy and the crew from the USS Walker find themselves caught between the nation they swore to guard as well as the allies they promised to protect. For even as the Allies and the Empire of New Britain Isles stand united against the episodes of both savage Grik and the tenacious Japanese, the ‘Holy Dominion’-a warped mixture of human civilizations whose lust for power overshadows also the Grik-is intimidating to destroy them both having a devastating weapon neither can withstand.