The battle of Mina Bazar is over.Kôz endures.As US forces regroup and count their losses, an understanding settles that the fundamental nature of warfare on Earth has changed. Questions swirl, but the shocked survivors have no answers. And the few who do, are counted among the missing.For Captain Saunders and his Marines, the fight continues. On the run from a mysterious and powerful foe, they are pushed deeper into unfriendly territory. Efforts to reconnect with Fleet fail and new threats emerge from within and without, stretching the limits of their operational capabilities. When it becomes clear that escape is not an option against an enemy who now holds the home-field advantage, only one question remains:Who wants it more?