With the planet’s fighting women and men deployed across the galaxy-battling in the noble cause of enslaved humanity-the insidious Xul have reached across space to devastate the unsuspecting Earth with asteroid open fire. Without warning, a once majestic world is reduced to near-rubble-and the potential of humankind is in dire jeopardy.

Interplanetary leaders are about the brink of abandoning Earth and its colonies for an frustrating foe. But Brigadier General Garroway of the Sea Interstellar Expeditionary Unit is usually unwilling to concede defeat-not so long as there’s a single marine willing to give his / her existence in defense of their embattled homeworld. The best battle is about to be waged-with breathtaking brand-new attack technology, an ancient code of courage, and assistance from an ally competition that once inhabited the Earth-in a war that may alter the world forever .