The city of Northgate has just been attacked by aliens, and Mac Narrad's family is right in the middle of it. Searching through the rubble to find them, Mac discovers an awful truth. The alien attack was fake. Orchestrated by the earth military that Mac is a part of. Now he must search the galaxy for answers. His quest leads him to the mysterious planet of Ronos. A secret planet hidden by Earth's military. A planet full of life, beauty, and a potential that could alter everything. There Mac finds answers that will change himself and the rest of humanity forever…

Now that Mac Narrad knows the truth about the war he knows there is little chance of survival, unless he gets to Ronos. Mac must lead those he can trust to Ronos and keep his newfound power out of General Zinger’s hands while trying to save his friend Lynn Ryder who he was forced to leave behind. Fighting against an enemy even more duplicitous than he ever thought Mac must escape the front line of the war, search for allies to go to Ronos, and try to figure out where Janelle Stewart has been taken. Humanity is close to extinction. Mac knows how to even the odds but will he be able to make it in time?

Mac, after his escape from Ronos, has been left floating in space. With no options left, Lynn uses her power to travel back in time, hoping to change the past and save the future. But the only apparent change is on Ronos—once a beautiful Earth-like planet, now a glowing orb. No one knows why, and General Zinger is blaming Mac. The General wants answers, or he'll start killing refugees from the pull. Meanwhile, the enemy fleet is moving ever closer, going out of their way to kill as many as they can. Neither Mac nor Zinger will be able to stop them. Humanity's only hope rests on Lynn, Ronos, and what happened beneath the glow.