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The battle with the First Imperium is over, and Grand Fleet is limping home from the frontier. Erik Cain, Augustus Garret, and the rest of the high command word are grimly satisfied that mankind has been saved from the First Imperium menace. There is absolutely no enjoyment, however...no elation at the "victory." The loss this time were overweight...too personal...to carry. They do what had to be done to operate a vehicle back the adversary and save the human worlds from certain destruction. Now these were left to find a way to live with the gut wrenching decisions that victory had required. Augustus Garret needed time. Time for auto repairs, time to displace losses, a chance to learn how to go on in the aftermath of what he'd done. But the fleet wasn't heading for a well-deserved break...they were getting into another firestorm. A fresh menace, one as dangerous as the First Imperium, was waiting for them, and it threatened to shatter the delicate alliance of the Earth powers and toss all of human space into another anxious war...one which might be the final confrontation. On world after world, secret causes are invading, taking control of the most essential colonies. The invaders are well-drilled powered infantry, veteran causes that quickly shattered the planetary militias and founded brutal occupation regimes. Garret, Cain, and the market leaders of the Alliance's causes must rally themselves once again to handle this new hazard...an unknown adversary that is as well trained, experienced, and prepared as the Marines themselves. Indeed, on some colony worlds rumors are already spreading that the invaders are the Marines themselves, they have come to overcome, to rule...