Humanity desperately needs peace so Star Watch can rebuild and regroup.
Unfortunately, Lord Drakos is searching the Beyond for a splinter Swarm colony world.
The New Man believes he is a Napoleon of the stars.
But he needs a fleet to prove it.
Star Watch is reeling.
The service has beaten New Men, massed bug fleets and hideous android attackers, but at a grim cost in men, starships and radioactive planets.
