Just reinstated after a disastrous mission, RESIT Lieutenant Wyatt Wills thinks he's been given a garbage assignment: recon the planet Juliet, Earth's largest and most prosperous offworld colony. Upon entering the system, things quickly turn serious when he finds himself caught in the middle of a deadly pandemic, a government in turmoil, and brutal martial law that slaughters citizens by the thousands. A chance encounter with an underground resistance movement might be the key to saving millions of lives. But first Wyatt must save his own.