<div><p><b>Fifth in the hard-hitting military science-fiction series. </b></p><p>On the distant world of Zoe, an expedition finds DNA-based life. When alien invaders are also discovered, Glenn Hamilton calls on the <i>U.S.S. Merrimack</i> for help. But the Ninth Circle and the Palatine Empire have also found Zoe. Soon everyone will be on a collision course to determine the fate of this planet.</p></div>