A seasoned military officer uncovers a deadly conspiracy on a distant, war-torn planetā¦
War heroes aren't usually called out of semi-retirement and sent to the far reaches of the galaxy for a routine investigation. So when Colonel Carl Butler answers the call from an old and powerful friend, he knows it's something bigāand he's not being told the whole story. A high councilor's son has gone MIA out of Cappa Base, the space station orbiting a battle-ravaged planet. The young lieutenant had been wounded and evacuatedābut there's no record of him having ever arrived at hospital command.
The colonel quickly finds Cappa Base to be a labyrinth of dead ends and sabotage: the hospital commander stonewalls him, the Special Ops leader won't come off the planet, witnesses go missing, radar data disappears, and thatās before he encounters the alien enemy. Butler has no choice but to drop down onto a hostile planetābecause someone is using the war zone as a cover. The answers are thereāButler just has to make it back aliveā¦