Lawrence Mengde is an avid historian and reluctant war hero of countless battles. Yet, he yearns for nothing more than to carve out an everlasting peace from this fruitless war. A war he cannot escape, a past he cannot give up.
As a Commodore in the Confederate Star Fleet, Lawrence will soon partake in the next coalition, the newly moblized Seventh Coalition, in its bid to seize the Imperium's Space Fortress Ishtar.
As the war enters its final stages, Lawrence must navigate through war's ever-mounting tragedies and casualties. What lengths of patriotism will he go to for his country? How much more will he have to sacrifice in a titanic struggle which continues to rob everything from him?