At the edge of extinction, it was the corporations who rose victorious on the North American Continent. The four mega-corps squabble for power and resources, carrying out proxy wars in the barren wastelands through contracted mercenaries piloting heavily armed mechs. There is no law but that of violence and betrayal in this gritty, post-apocalyptic vision of the future.

In the wastelands of the Midwest, at the execution of an elite corporate soldier, Sergeant Shepherd becomes the reluctant hero of the mercenary uprising. Their target: Imperial’s satellite Chicago Dome. With his commander straddling life and death, does Shepherd possess the will to lead the cutthroat mercenary forces to victory and a new home?

Within the Denver Dome, Colin Willard is the heir to the mega-corp Imperial Geo-Industries, but is he willing to give up everything for the chance to undo the destruction his family has inflicted upon the Earth? Gifted in applied sciences, he may hold the key and resources to change everything for the savaged Earth. Will he follow the righteous path to salvation or allow the soul-crushing weight of absolute power to turn him into the villain? The closer he comes to a solution, the more twisted the conspiracy to keep the world mired in desolation becomes. But who is behind it?

Their paths will cross in a devastating mech-on-mech battle that could be humanity’s undoing—or its salvation.

For fans of J.N. Chaney's The Messenger series.