The wheels of Federation justice turn slow. After the clusterfrak on Telmareen, James 'Red' Maddox has been out of the fight for thirteen months. When you're used to the adrenaline rush of fighting aliens while strapped into twenty tons of Federation steel, ship duty is worse than torture. But the team is under scrutiny. One misstep, and they'll never pilot their mechs again. All they can do is hurry up and wait.Until they're thrown a lifeline - a...