The war with the Otina revealed the bitter truth about mosar. What was believed to be an element missing in humans, is instead an invasive form of life set to consume everything. A human crew has joined a mission of their former enemy, Warlord Jii, to travel to the world where mosar was first detected eons before. There, Jii intends to purge the galaxy of mosar. But the mission is in jeopardy even as it begins. The political situation on Earth has taken a sinister turn, and even if the mission succeeds, Earth will never be the same. Betrayed by his own government, and faced with a byzantine maze of secrets laid out by his alien allies, Earth Ambassador Kyle Martin must find a way to save Jii's mission. The very survival of the galaxy is at stake.