Earth Ambassador to Mars Kippli Darnel has gone missing with top secret information. Now it is up to XeLabs' Captain Rogan Hallard, his 'second', Jerlen Krae, and CISyn's Jannett Yens to use their unique alliance formed in "Healers and Hunters" to track Earth's senior diplomat down before the Mars government does.
Their nemesis is Ito Ryu, a top-level officer of Mars' powerful 'Hajimari' bureaucracy with direct connections to the AI tech, Shocho, and other more dangerous persons...
Against the backdrop of a fractured humanity far along the path to war, the Earthers must tread especially careful on world known as 'The Red Planet' as tensions are thin and all-out war threatens to break out with just one wrong move...
Featuring popular characters, events, and technology from Decipher, Inc.'s WARS™ trading card and roleplaying games, including story lines developed by New York Times Best Selling Author Michael A. Stackpole, this series of novellas detail events leading up to the largest battle humans have ever experienced: The Battle of Phobos.