Nearly a century after the galactic government of Unity was formed to protect humanity from an unprecedented alien threat, it faced the first serious challenge to its authority in a series of violent uprisings in the outer colonies. The culmination of these uprisings would forever be remembered as the Battle of Giants, and would change the balance of power in the galaxy.

For Kilya Hetana, though, the rebellion against Unity has a far more personal resonance. A politically-convenient natural disaster took her family from her, and she is out to get even.