On the colony planet of Terra Nova soldier-turned-political leader Carrera has achieved his revenge destroying those who killed his wife & children in a terrorist strike & helping to establish a free country But Carrera&s fight is not over War with the Tauran Union is inevitable Carrera has been preparing his new country for this all-out conflict for years intending to drive out the last vestige of foreign imperialism in Balboa the Tauran Union Security Force He doesn&t care that he&s outnumbered one hundred to one He doesn&t care that the Taurans are one thousand times wealthier A true Machiavellian Carrera is convinced that gold cannot always find good soldiers but that good soldiers can always find gold But then his own government calls a halt even as the commander of the United Earth Peace Fleet High Admiral Marguerite Wallenstein injects a dose of realism & spine into the Tauran Union Any other government giving similar orders Carrera would overthrow without hesitation But this is his own creation; he must follow these orders But the Taurans are provoking Balboa mercilessly & Carrera knows that sooner or later he must fight
- only now the task will be more difficult & more bloody No matter When that time comes Carerra knows he will do whatever it takes to win He is after all Carrera