Shadow Soldier. A man with no name and no past to call his own, Three-oh-one Fourteen-A is a loyal servant of the vast and supremely dominant World System. Arrogant and proud, he is marked by the governments hierarchy as one of its greatest warriors. Personal glory and the desire for power are all that drive him. Until that night. Until he witnesses the return of the rebellion with his own eyes. Until her. As war looms on the horizon and the Shadow Soldier is promoted to a position beyond his wildest dreams, he is caught up in the governments relentless quest to exterminate the rebellion no matter what the cost. But as the road to glory becomes more and more treacherous, Three-oh-one is faced with the startling realization that things in the World System are not at all what they seem