The year is 2247. With a bloodthirsty alien fleet approaching planet Harmony, humanity's top commanders order the feeble military force there to retreat, leaving Harmony's seven million civilians for dead. Disobeying would be both treasonous and near-suicidal, but Private Ronald Beck, a young special forces recruit, defies authority and sparks a desperate campaign to stop the genocidal Ataraxia from slaughtering Harmony's people. As fighting rages, great cities crumble, and loved ones are imperiled, Beck and his comrades slowly realize this cataclysmic battle may decide more than the fate of...