The Painful Field

On the world of Linak'h, the crew of the federation's starcruiser Shenandoah have become essential to maintaining an increasingly precarious peace. And as the mercenary forces of the Hunters undertake mission after mission calculated to rouse the alien-run Coordination and the human's Federation against one another, time is running out for everyone on Linak'h. What begins with an attempted prison break and the sabotagin of a chemical plant soon escalates to a calculated program of terrorism- a deadly campaign that will see enemies forced into temporary alliance, and long-time friends suddenly looked upon with deepest distrust.