Thomas Breyn serves in a corporate army as a sergeant. His job is to guard convoys moving through the dangerous jungles of the planet Galileo. Thomas has seen a lot and has been wounded more than once. He is serving out his third contract and is ready to retire, but something goes wrong, and Sergeant Breyn becomes a dangerous witness in clashes between intelligence services and secret sponsors of the rebel movement. The sergeant is forced to abandon everything and run—because a full-scale manhunt has been launched for him. Now hope lies only in luck, old friends, and special training…