Seeking adventure and thrills, Jason Wallin had volunteered to fly a starfighter for the Loyalists of the Panolis Civil War. He is soon confronted by a new, lethal fighter design that threatens far more than the Panolis Union. In another part of the galaxy, the Manicger Alliance is growing in power and threatening to disturb the peace. Patrick Windsor, an analyst for the Confederation of Free Worlds suspects that the Alliance is a growing threat to everyone around them, but he doesn't have any proof of this. Without support from his own government, Patrick sets out to find the proof he needs to show the galaxy that the "peaceful" Alliance is anything but peaceful. Jason and Patrick will need to survive their own adventures before they can compare notes and find a way to stop a new Galactic War before it begins.