WHO CAN YOU TRUST, IF YOU CAN'T TRUST YOURSELF? Three hostile alien races have united against humanity, determined to halt our expansion into space. The mastermind behind this lethal alliance is a traitor - Charles Boutin. He was a Colonial Defence Force scientist, with access to their biggest military secrets. Now the CDF's only hope is to discover Boutin's plan. Trouble is, Boutin's dead. Jared Dirac may have answers, as a super-soldier created from Boutin's own DNA. However, when Dirac fails to access the scientist's memories, he's passed on to the Ghost Brigades to train. These elite troops are also cloned from the dead, so he might fit in. But will Dirac's memory return, as the enemy plots the fate of humankind? And whose side is Dirac really on?