"A small eternity I did spend in near solitude, with naught but a mad-man as company. In consequence, I find it did leave me ill-prepared to approach some circumstances."-Sam (773 AF).Lieutenant Thomas Walker's mission was successful, but he will not be thanked for it. His rediscovery of the colony's now-repentant ancient ene-my is not the salvation they hoped for...and may have arrived too late. The increasing threat of the monstrous, alien Others, coupled with fear-fueled unrest over a supposed alliance with the beings who forced the colony to rebuild from nothing, could all too easily spell their doom.Worse yet, it seems that Earth has not forgotten about the colony after all, and their intentions are, at best, unclear...