Captain Alexandra "Alex" McLaughlin is not a woman to be underestimated.Under her petite exterior is a spine of solid steel and a disposition to laughin the face of impending death. A former member of the Terran Navy's eliteforce, the Dead Jokers, electronic-warfare pilots with a mortality rate to matchthat of old Japan's Kamikazes, Alex is a born survivor. But sometimes survivalcan be a curse. Humanity is locked in a war of survival with the Xan-Sskarn, analien race that refuses to acknowledge the rights of "weaker" creatures to live.It is a war that will not end with a peace treaty, but only the completesubjugation of one species to the other. And right now, the alien side iswinning. However, the enemy on the outside is not the only one to be faced. Asthe battles take on an eerily familiar pattern of no-win scenarios, Alexrealizes the horrifying truth; humanity has a traitor, and it's somebody close.As each battle brings more death, Alex's ghosts grow and so does her desire forvengeance. There is only one way for this to end, and Alex is just the human totake it there — to Ragnarok!

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