Violence racks Cinnabar. In desperate times, Lt. DanielLeary must serve under a paranoid officer, and OfficerAdele Mundy is drawn into a conspiracy worringly similarto the one that led to her parents' massacre. Leary andMundy battle their way from riot-torn streets to spies in anoutlying base and an anarchic planet where violence is theonly law, but if they succeed at every stage, one test stillremains: a battle against an overwhelming Alliance force.