A battle won, a war begun. General Bradstreet and the American forces on Mars have defeated the incursion by the insectoid Seekers, but at a heavy cost.

The Morrigan is nearly out of reaction mass and can’t make it back to Earth, both landers have been destroyed and they have greater than fifty percent casualties. They’re stranded on Mars, saved only by the shelter of the Visitor ship.

Until, miraculously, help arrives in the form of a new alliance with the French Coalition government, which provides a resupply ship filled with food, fuel, and reinforcements…both US Marines and French Special Forces. They’re saved.

Or so they think. But can the French be trusted or do they have ulterior motives? And can their own people be depended upon to do the job when they ignore the advice of the veterans of this Martian war?Tom Bradstreet and Marine Sgt.

Brent Parker face threats from within and without as they try to decide who their allies really are…and prepare to defend the Visitor ship from the next wave of attacks. Because the Seekers are still out there, and they still want the Visitor with the fervor of a religious jihad.

And the real question is…who’s behind them?Book 2 in the next action-packed, gritty military sci-fi series from Rick Partlow, the bestselling author of the Drop Trooper Series and Taken to the Stars. .