Warships are motionless in orbit. The military astronauts of the victorious Earth await their fate. First they were considered heroes, then their home planet cursed them as merciless killers. Having emerged from the furnace of interplanetary war, they didn’t even suspect that the cruelest trials were still ahead.
They are tired of shooting—but it’s the only thing they know how to do well. Sooner or later the order “To battle!” will ring out again…