The galactic balance of power tilts, and Terra Nova comes into the cross hairs. After narrowly escaping Diasore's destruction, Kit Carson and her Pathfinders arrive on the Zeis home world to recruit new allies, only to find themselves thrown into an insurrection. Ken Hale is in a race against time to build up his colony's defenses, but when his new soldiers turn up dead, he must enlist the help of a retired assassin to find a...