Military life is all about following orders—until you get the order that will kill every man under your command...

Jeff Bowers has just been made a captain in the Colonial Defense Force when he is tapped for a piece-of-cake mission—lead his men to a godforsaken planet, into a den of hillbilly rebels to retrieve a kidnapped diplomat. In and out. Simple. At least that's how it seems until they get there. It's clear that they've been set up. And whoever is giving the orders does not seem to be on their side...