1. First in an exciting new military science fiction series.2. Advertising in Locus, National Review Online, more3. New cover treatment, emphasizing military action4. Tom Kratman is co-author, with John Ringo, of Watch on the Rhine and Yellow Eyes, two novels in the New York Times best-selling Posleen War series.5. A military veteran, he brings first-hand experience and expertise to bring both military personal and their battles to vivid, colorful life.Five hundred years from now, humankind has found a link to a remarkably Earth-like planet and settled there, dividing –as humans will -- into dozens of nation-states. The Federated States of Columbia has consolidated power and risen against the oppression of Earth's corrupt Caliphate.
