When first contact is made with a sentient alien species, humanity finds itself embroiled in a silent war unlike anything imagined in even the most violent of escapist war fantasies. As millions die, internal pressures reach a critical mass and the future of the Federated Systems of Humanity becomes uncertain. Across the scope of human space, revolutionaries make use of this unforeseen opportunity to split away from a society mired in a complicated snare of its own fashioning. Can humanity survive its greatest challenge yet?
When first contact is made with a sentient alien species, humanity finds itself embroiled in a silent war unlike anything imagined in even the most violent of escapist war fantasies. As millions die, internal pressures reach a critical mass and the future of the Federated Systems of Humanity becomes uncertain. Across the scope of human space, revolutionaries make use of this unforeseen opportunity to split away from a society mired in a complicated snare of its own fashioning. Can humanity survive its greatest challenge yet?