On Venus, where the survivors of Earth live in underwater cities, Johnnie Gordon dreams of joining the mercenary fleets and fighting battles on the surface of the planet's vast ocean

After the death of the Earth, humankind live in domed undersea Keeps on the planet Venus. And only the mercenary naval troops called Free Companies venture out to wage the Keeps' proxy wars against the lethal lifeforms on the surface.

On Venus, where survivors of the human race struggle to live in domed undersea Keeps, two determined soldiers—Ensign Brainard and Johnnie Gordon brave the treacherous web of intrigue in the Keeps and the perilous surface jungles to ensure the survival of all humankind, in an omnibus volume that con