Earth Two is a world almost consumed by dangers, on the brink of civil war between the cloned “Tanks,” the “Natural Borns” and the hybrid “Mules.” The only thing that has prevented actual fighting, a conflict that may destroy the young planet, is the existence of an even worse enemy, one that sees the three groupings as part of the same infection. The Regent and the deadly threat of the First Imperium’s robot warriors has provided sufficient fear and incentive to force the human groupings together, to hold off their own contest.For more than thirty years, President Max Harmon and his inner circle have struggled to find the enemy’s location, all while keeping their own planet a secret. But as with all such things, an end must come. Sooner or later, the enemy will discover them…or they it.Or both.After more than thirty years of searching, of tirelessly scouring hundreds of systems, the enemy has found Earth-2…and just a few weeks later, a human scout has discovered the Regent’s location, as well. The odds of both discoveries coming so close to each other are astronomical, and yet it happened.The humans must commit their forces to protecting their homeworld rather than striking against the Regent with any material portion of their ships. But Max Harmon is determined to strike, somehow, and a Mule-invention, a totally untraceable drive system, opens the door…slightly. Harmon plans a mission, ten small ships, using all of the currently-existing new drives, to strike at the Regent while the main fleet remains home to counter the coming assault. Only victory in both battles, the survival of Earth-2 and the vanquishing of the Regent, will result in a true human triumph.