The future of war is in space, and corporations have seized on the dream of expansion of mankind into other solar systems. However, when a signal of unknown origin is detected by a remote outpost, it could cause an irreversible shift in the balance of power, opening old wounds, and exposing one megacorporation's conspiracy to cling to power at any cost. Worse, James Moebius, captain of the fast-attack ship Kimura, may have gone rogue, and his reasons will shake humanity to its foundations.