Nothing goes unpunished.
Meet Major Ariane Kedros - daring pilot, decorated soldier, war criminal.
Fifteen years ago, Ariane Kedros piloted a ship on a mission that obliterated an entire solar system. Branded a war criminal by the enemy, her own government gave her a new identity and a new life in order to protect her from retribution. But now, twelve of Ariane's wartime colleagues are dead, assassinated by someone who has uncovered their true identities. Now her superior in the Autonomist Armed Forces has placed her directly in the assassin's line of fire, while on a peacekeeping mission that will decide the fate of all humanity...