Nearly a year has passed since Lucas Rey and his cohorts were marooned on an uncharted backwater planet. Recently promoted to Lieutenant, he is alarmed to learn a friend and fellow officer, Kyle Evans, has gone missing.

Now time is running out as the truth leads down a path cloaked with intrigue, deception, and death. Wits, courage, and plain dumb luck have always kept him alive in the past, but this time it may not be enough.