STAND AGAINST THE ALIEN INVADER APOCALYPSE!The war with the profoundlyalien Arduans has ended, and the Arduans have come to call humanity theirallies. Mostof them—the Arduan warrior caste refuses to accept defeat.Now known as the Kaituni, they are waging a war ofextermination against allmembers of the pan-Sentient Union, human and Arduan alike. What’s more,the Kaituni havean unexpected weapon in their arsenal: the alien Arachnids,once thought driven to extinction. The Kaituni drive theArachnid fleet aheadof them, inflicting untold damage.The war has been marked by retreat on theside of the pan-Sentient Union. It seems the best they can do isminimizetheir losses. But now the Arachnids and the Kaituni are at thedoorstep to the Heart Worlds, Sol, and Earth: AlphaCentauri. The odds lookbleak. But Admiral Ian Trevayne and Commodore Ossian Wethermere have faced downlongodds in the past. It’s time to take a stand, for Earth, forhumanity . . . and for the pan-Sentient Union!