In "The Backlands," an ancient war has just begun... Ray Hatcher at 23 has been framed and wrongly sent to a prison work camp on humanity's new home, the planet Anatus. While mining the dangerous cliff sides alongside the native, lizard-like slave species called the Cydarians, Ray discovers an ancient Cydarian machine buried in the rusty dirt known as a biomech. A warrior that existed only in myths and is possibly the key to his freedom. The problem is only a Cydarian can "bond" with the mech to act as its pilot and serve as its host. Ray's hopes of finding a Cydarian partner were next to...