Barely recovered from their bloody if successful. first mission, the crew of the Alliance Space Ship Vorpal Blade must scramble back into action when word reaches Earth that a gate colony has been destroyed by an unknown foe. For Bravo Company, First Force Reconnaissance Battalion, (Space Marines) USMC, the first question is obvious.

Yet from the moment of their arrival it becomes obvious the threat is more than one creature. The implacable Dreen, the enemy that nearly conquered Earth through the Looking Glasses, has returned. This time in much less stoppable space ships.

It falls to the Marines and sailors of the Vorpal Blade, with help from new allies to do just that: Stop a Dreen task-force butt-cold. It's a tough job but the motto of the Blade covers the mission: We Don't Go Home Til We're Out of Food or Marines.