To Weave a Tangled Web

After two long and bloody wars within 40 years the DES andthe CHC had been at an uneasy peace for nearly sixteen months.Now a message has been received from the farthestboundaries of DES space. A colony has been attacked anddestroyed by extraterrestrials. The fi rst ever encountered.When the small fl eet sent to investigate falls under attacktwo men are captured by the aliens.Engineers by trade and social misfi ts by nature they fi ndthemselves thrust into a culture in which all of the rules customsand morals are totally unfamiliar.But in order to stop a war they must attempt tounderstand and embrace this utterly alien culture.While back on Earth the home world of the DES thePresident is informed that the aliens who attacked the smallinvestigation fl eet were not the same ones who destroyed the colony.For reasons and purposes unknown humankind is lookingat two wars on two fronts with two disparate enemies.Now the President of the DES must work with hisPresidential counterpart in the CHC. Together they must put asidemutual distrust and collaborate to work against common enemiesbefore the entire human race pays the ultimate price.