Synopsis

For three decades, a precarious peace had held between the Free Alliance and the Coalition of Middle-Eastern and Pacific States, a fragile understanding maintained both on Earth and on Mars. Both factions depended on triradium, a potent radioactive mineral capable of fueling entire cities and, more darkly, of powering devastating weapons. When an enormous explosion seems to engulf Earth, sending a shockwave hurtling towards Mars, the soldiers stationed at the Free Alliance base on the Red Planet