In the future, a parallel universe, the Earth, one of three capitals in the Federation is under the military protection of the 1st MilkeyWay forces.
In this first book, Fleet Admiral Kinley, Commander, 1st MilkeyWay Forces, is faced with over whelming challenges.
First, he needs his staff to find out why his forces lost. A major problem to that is his number-one Fleet analysis, William Vates, is in a hospital bed nearly dead after having his flagship blown-out from under him. Kinley has to gather a team, led by Doc Pine, to save Vates’s life. All on the medical team see no hope except Doc Pine and William’s brother Carl and they both insist that the life saving procedures continue. After six weeks, William comes out of his coma and then goes through the pains of the healing process. He slowly gains his memory and is choosing to lead the debriefing investigation. In addition to that, Kinley needs to find ships and personnel to staff a new MilkeyWay Core that he just lost in the last battle. These forces are needed to hold back any counter attack the Zokk might throw at their border.