Leonidas Ravenwood joined Admiral Moore's Human Liberation Army with the goal of eliminating the bird-like volucri and protecting his family. He didn't anticipate the volucri would learn his identity and bring the fight to him. When Leonidas's home is attacked and his daughter is abducted, he how little his life and those of his family members mean to the Admiral. This becomes doubly terrifying when Leonidas's wife Septima volunteers to join the HLA in the hope that its resources will help her to find their daughter and Leonidas is ordered to train her to kill.