If the Kazak Guardians had a recruiting poster, it would have read: WANTED: A select few insane men to fight professional assassins with super-human abilities. Good medical plan provided. Surviving the training program was dangerous-even the first challenge to gain entrance to the school could get you killed. But training was the easy part. Staying alive afterward was the hard part. Kazaks guarded individuals whose lives were deemed critical to the security of the United States. As such, Kazaks attracted fanatics and the best professional assassins money could buy-Liars who could tell lies...

A young girl dreams of seeing the stars and meeting aliens. Her chance comes in the form of a project offering a college education, commissioning in the SAS Fleet, and a partnership with an alien. She successfully qualifies and wins one of the coveted ten positions. Of course everything comes with a price-the alien is a parasite that inhabits the body and mind, and is there for life. Is it a dream or nightmare come true-or maybe both?