THE FORCE: An elite fighting squad led by Blade, they struggled against the madmen and mutations bent on destroying mankind in the barbarous era following World War III. In a land where betrayal was a way of life, their friends were few, and their enemies grew more deadly every day.

VENGEANCE STRIKE: Chief among the Force's adversaries, the Lords of Kismet had suffered one defeat after another. But from their Asian homeland, they brought a diabolical secret weapon—ancient shapeshifters that thrived on human flesh. Determined to destroy the Force, the Lords of Kismet lured them into a remote California valley. Unwittingly, Blade and his comrades stumbled into what might be the last battle they ever fought—a battle to the death in which their foe might wear the face of a friend.