Wolf

Mark Tumidus, an officer of the Pompilia Aerospace Forces, has gone missing beyond the edge of the Oecumene. Foreign intelligence is run ragged and does not know whether to keep searching or bury him in absentia. Mark’s uncle—a traitor to the homeland, former legate Gaius Tumidus—is planning a deadly expedition. Mark’s father, power engineer Julius Tumidus, comes into conflict with the imperial security service for the sake of his son. The Council of Antis, giants of space, seeks a way to step into the mysterious Blood without getting its feet dirty.

And far from them, on a planet called Astlantida, a small detachment under the command of under-centurion Knut wages its own war. Wolf, baring his fangs, leads the thinned pack. Every step is a trap. Every step is an attempt to break beyond the flags.