He came to build a future-he landed in someone else's war.When young colonial engineer Ron Cooper arrives on the planet Locus, he expects to design infrastructure for a thriving new civilization. Instead, he finds a fractured world on the brink of collapse. The Colonial Constitution is a farce, the land carved up between violent alliances and roving bands, and the rebirth system-the only thing keeping colonists alive-is failing.Worse, the planet's capital has been sealed off by a mysterious force field, and rumors whisper of "demons" within.Ron despises violence. But he hates chaos even more.To survive, he'll have to fight, build, and bend his own principles in a world where might makes right-and maybe, just maybe, change the rules.
