"There are few really good sci fi writers these days, and in my opinion, Mr. Locke could be the next one." Bob Coffey

Jacob Young thought he knew exactly what he wanted in life, down to the last detail. He had finished his education, found the right girl, and was now just waiting on that ideal job that would launch him towards his perfectly-planned-out future. Instead, he awakes to find himself forced onto a different path-as a human conscript in an alien war-far from everything he knows and loves.

Propelled into danger, he soon realizes that his only choice-and that of his new...

In the second book of The Off World Trilogy, Jacob Young awakens to find himself alone and forsaken amidst the ruins of the destroyed planet Tue.

Forced by the Khonians to fight in their ancient war against the Rha'ket'gar, Jacob and his fellow Saje endured the terrible battles and torture of their conscription, only to be betrayed and left to die as the massive planet-killer bombs rained down on them, sucking the oxygen from the planet's surface.

Now, further from home than ever, Jacob must face his fears, search for his missing comrades, and lead the Saje survivors on their quest...