As disaster devolves into catastrophe, both CARD?the law enforcement unit tasked with policing illegal genetic engineering and cybernetics labs?and Biofate?the interplanetary criminal conspiracy running the labs?prepare for the final battle.

But the game has changed. Biofate has developed a portal technology that matches CARD's, and the hunter is about to become the hunted. Underfunded and outmaneuvered in the political arena, CARD's position is becoming ever more tenuous.

When men of arms find themselves in a life-or-death battle, though, the righteousness of their cause fades, and the only thing they fight for is the man next to them. That battle is about to begin...