After the end of the Eternal War, the two cloned races, Men and Tauran, share control of the universe. The last true humans – the only remnants of the Earthling genetic pool — survive some light-years away from their original planet, unable to trust their old enemies…

Like many human veterans of the Eternal War, Captain Marygay Potter is now working toward establishing peace. But as she rides the interstellar vessel which propels her towards the collapsar Aleph-10, a dead star on the borders of space, she does not know that the Men — the cloned race who now govern Earth — have made a strange compromise with their old enemies from the Taurus constellation. As her journey progresses, Marygay remembers the fall of her people. She recollects the beginning of the conflict between Earthlings and Taurans; how she landed in a world where heterosexual relationships are a perversion; and how, forever separated from her companion William Mandela, she resolved to become the lover of her female teammate, Cat Verdeur…

This time, though, her mission is to find the weakness that will allow her to neutralise a Tauran base which has already destroyed two Earthling expeditions. When she arrives, after some thousand light-years of travel, the Taurans — the cloned race who live on Aleph-10 — try to convince her that the war with the Earthlings ended long ago. But, as the Earthlings see it, by deploying an armed defence shield around their base, the Taurans have declared yet another war…

Are the Taurans preparing for a second Eternal War? Will the worst enemy of mankind turn out to be the Men of Earth? Will true humanity survive?

Thrilling, challenging , and truly fascinating, this new series written by Joe W. Haldeman and superbly illustrated by Marvano offers some answers that will leave all lovers of science fiction breathless.