The AltarinDakor have swept through New Imperium space, decimating the fleet and consuming world after world in rapid succession. Realizing they are on the brink of extinction, the NI launches a daring assault to capture an enemy Titan, and enacts a plan it hopes will outwit even the seemingly unstoppable Warlord Nimrod. But Nimrod his plans of his own, and the NIs most valuable worlds Tralaria and Varnus now hang in the deadly balance! As the war rushes toward its climax, the NI must turn the tide of battle or face total annihilation