A TERRIBLE WAR HAS BROKEN OUT AMONG THE STARS. IT IS A WAR BETWEEN EARTHMEN AND THEIR HUMANOID COUSINS OVER MINING RIGHTS ON CERTAIN PLANETS. CHRISTOPHER LYONS IS GIVEN COMMAND OF A STARSHIP AND HE JOINS THE FLEET FROM PLANET EARTH THAT COMBINES WITH THE FLEETS FROM ALPHA CENTAURI AND BARNARD'S STAR. THE AIM OF THIS ALLIANCE IS TO DEFEAT EMPEROR RAXOR AND HIS AMBITIOUS FRIENDS, WHO PLAN TO EXTEND RAXOR'S EMPIRE NO MATTER WHAT THE COST. THE WAR ESCALATES AND INVOLVES MANY STAR SYSTEMS. THE SUFFERING INTENSIFIES AND SUPERNATURAL FORCES INTERFERE WITH THE WAR'S PROGRESS. THIS IS A WAR WAGED ON EVERY LEVEL IMAGINABLE. LOVE, ADVENTURE, SPACE WARFARE, JOURNEYS TO MANY STARS, THE OCCULT AND RELIGION - THIS STORY HAS THEM ALL AND MORE JOIN THE SPACEFLEET FROM EARTH IN ITS WAR WITH EXTRATERRESTRIALS - A WAR SET IN THE 22ND CENTURY AD IT IS A WAR THAT TAKES PLACE CLOSE TO PLANET EARTH