From the author of the Amazon.com series "Sojourn" comes the fifth installment in the exciting space opera series. A great horror has befallen the Republic. The seemingly unstoppable Confederate blitzkrieg has pushed into the heart of the Republic's Deep Core. Death and destruction reign supreme as world after world of the Republic is swallowed up by the Confederate war machine. Pushed all the way back to Stronghold, Munraito and his Legions now hold the line against an angry tide with precious few ships left to spare. In this crucial moment, however, Munraito learns a startling truth about his adopted father, the new Chancellor of the Republic, Master Iori Nomato. Armed with this knowledge, Munraito and his Legions engage in a last-ditch defense of the Immortal City on the capital world of Stronghold, battling for the fate of every last man, woman and child in the Local Group.