Earth has been a
scarred ruin for three decades, its scattered people struggling to
survive amid the poisoned and radioactive wreckage of the final war
between its despotic Superpowers. While the people of Earth struggle to
survive, out on the frontier, on a thousand worlds, mankind thrives and
grows, building new civilizations and looking boldly to the future. But
man has never been able to live in peace, and even Earth’s sad fate has
failed to slow the call to war.
Most of the colonies lack the
industry and economic power to sustain their own armies and navies, and
they look to the mercenaries of the Great Companies for aid in time of
war. These futuristic condottiere contract themselves to the highest
bidder, and the mightiest strike fear into the hearts of all who oppose
them.
Darius Cain is the leader of the Black Eagles, the most
renowned of all the Companies. A military genius, he has led his
undefeated warriors from victory to victory. The Eagles command the
highest rates of any of the Companies, and leaders bankrupt worlds to
pay their price.
But amid the ruins of Earth and on planets all
across occupied space there are signs of a greater darkness, a force
working in the shadows, waiting for the right moment to strike, to
launch a final war to reduce all mankind to slavery.
As Cain
slowly uncovers the truth, he must forge an alliance among old enemies,
the other Companies his men have fought for years... and the twin brother
he hasn’t seen in a decade.
The Crimson Worlds are about to explode into a war that may be mankind’s last.
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