Mars chewed us up. Now it's trying to spit us out, and there's nowhere left to go.Our plan was to return to Earth, destroy the Dunrakee scum who seized our beautiful planet and send the evil aliens packing. It didn't work, and the reasons why will haunt Ozzy Mack forever.Now, anxious to end our miserable existence, the Dunrakee have amassed an armada and are racing back to Mars. Only a few, including Ozzy, know about the coming fleet. Ozzy facing down his own demons while convincing the military brass to evacuate the entire Mars population is hard enough. Doing it while dodging assassination by the corrupt High Judge's cronies may prove impossible.And right as death approaches from all sides, a strange new artifact surfaces that may reveal humanity's purpose in the galaxy-a purpose that could radically change the war.