The citizens of Maxis have unleashed a terrible force upon their world. The alien race known as the Vog has arrived in force determined to punish what they view as the heresy of the Maxis people for desecrating the holy temple. That temple, is Maxis itself and the Vog are commanded by their God to eradicate the human infestation. General Blades, hero of Maxis and savior of the human army during their first tragic encounter, will have to formulate and carry out a plan that will push he and the entire population to its limits or be annihilated. This is the third book in the series and second to last in the story arc of the planet Maxis: the first extra-solar colony of the planet Earth.