<p>Rotha Blackwell Deputy Marshal and acting personal bodyguard for General Athers a charismatic and well-respected wartime prophet-historian does his job well. However in the midst of split factions civil war and a plague of cybernetic alien monsters known as the Scythe which threaten to annihilate the human race from existence can Rotha effectively safeguard the man? Upon Athers' back fate a legion of hateful dissenters and an innumerable horde of deadly Acrids have painted a target. Prophecy may protect the defender but can one's skill with a blaster battlefield strategy and powerful reputation preserve the mark?</p>