Publisher's Synopsis
- Sequel to national bestseller, Nebula Award finalist, and Compton CrookAward winner Fire with Fire.
- When reluctant interstellar diplomat and intelligence operative CaineRiordan returns from humanity's first encounter with alien races, suddenwar clouds burst. With Earth's fleet shattered by a sneak attack and itssurvivors fighting for their lives, Caine must rely upon both his first contactand weaponry skills to contend with the non-humanoid enemy. And when thetechnologically-superior attackers sweep aside the solar system's lastdefenses, and traitorous corporations invite the invaders to land "securityforces," humanity fights back with its best weapons: cunning, inventiveness, andguts. But as Earth hurtles towards a final trial by fire that is certain to scarits collective memory, Caine discovers that there may also be large anddisturbing gaps in that memory.
