Greatly outnumbered and completely overwhelmed during the greatest military campaign in Helghan history, Sev and his fellow ISA members remain trapped on planet Helghan, in dire search of a way out. As Jorhan Stahl and Admiral Orlock, the hopeful heirs to Visari's throne, fight over sole control of the Helghan empire, the ISA continue to do whatever it takes to survive. It's not a matter of how the Helghast will find them because they will be found...it's just a matter of when they will be found.