For a merc company, better pay is . . . better, right? Not necessarily. Born from the fertile imagination of bestselling author Michael Anderle . . . Heavy Metal has benefited from promo videos, but unfortunately, someone figured out that some of the driving during the Russian Base operation . . . was just too damned good. People are noticing that Sal and his team have someone extra-special working with them, and they want a piece of her . . . or all of her. What is the other team willing to attack Sal's people with to get what they want? And do they have capabilities Sal can't conceptualize? When your enemy has the upper hand, there is no telling what you might share your space with to win. Sal is going to find out.