In the grim darkness of the far future there is only war!
Blood, guts and glory in a desperate battle for redemption . . .
'Squinting into the light, all I can see of the man is his eyes, two pin-pricks of glittering blue. Two pieces of flashing ice. He drops something and I see my pardon, torn in two, fluttering to the wet ground. "I knew you would come back to me, Kage," the Colonel purrs savagely. "You are one of mine. You always will be. I can kill you now, or I can give you one more Last Chance." Oh frag.'
Languishing in an Imperial detention centre, Lieutenant Kage - convict soldier of the 13th Penal Legion - is at the end of the line. That is, until his ruthless old commanding officer returns with one more deadly assignment. Now Kage must whip into shape a new team of the very worst the Imperial Guard has to offer, before leading them on their one and only mission: to assassinate a warmongering enemy general.
Trapped in a conflict between the factions of the mysterious alien Tau, Kage and his men must not only succeed in their one last chance for glory, but try and survive it.
