Abreon, a soldier for the Nenthar Corporation, is trapped in a brutal corporate war against the Xelon Dru. Forced to drill unstable tunnels beneath a flooded river, he warns of disaster—but his commander orders him on, leading to a deadly collapse that kills soldiers on both sides. Promoted after the incident, Abreon joins a major assault that ends in massacre when the Xelon Dru unleash mechanized troops. He escapes and captures an enemy soldier, Marcy, before both are imprisoned in the hellish Strife labor camp.
When another massive battle erupts, he secretly sabotages communications and reveals a final plan: destroy the crucial Unar Bridge with a stolen nuclear core to stop Xelon Dru expansion. In a desperate solo mission, he drives a tank onto the bridge and detonates it, surviving the blast by leaping into the river. With the war ended, Abreon reunites with Marcy to build a quiet life beyond the ruins of corporate conflict.
Whit Rey Robinson is a fiction and hard science fiction author with a dual foundation in technical sciences and business innovation. His work centers on how emerging technologies confront and reshape human morality, pushing characters into circumstances only possible in the far edge of scientific progress. When not writing, he experiments with graphic arts, listens to industrial music (which is getting hard to find), spins, and occasionally escapes to the golf course.View all by Whit Rey Robinson
