And so it ends....

They wiped out humanity's ancestors. They laid waste to the Terran Empire. They destroyed Earth. Now, they have come to harvest what remains.

The Conclave has been preparing for war, but no one guessed the scale of what waits on the edge of the galaxy.

Humanity's battle for survival has spread across every world. The planet Evalan shelters the remnants, but too few remain to keep the enemy at bay.

Kalian Gaines can only see one way to win the war. If he chooses that path, will the cost of victory be too high?

With human and alien blood being spilled, Roland North is in his element. Might the fate of humanity rest on the kind of decision a natural-born scoundrel hates to make?