When the Rakshar invasion begins, Jason Blake is a decorated special forces commander, stationed in Seattle—one of the first cities to be targeted in the alien onslaught. The skies ignite as orbital plasma strikes reduce entire cities to ash, and in a single day, Earth’s greatest nations are crippled. Blake barely survives, but his wife and daughter are among the millions lost in the first wave of destruction.

With humanity on the brink of extinction, Blake joins the desperate global resistance, fighting alongside elite forces in a series of failed counterattacks. As the Rakshar adapt to human warfare, Earth’s armies are systematically pushed back, overrun, and annihilated. Every stronghold falls. Every plan fails. Every friend he makes dies in battle.

But humanity does not surrender easily. With only a handful of soldiers left, Blake is sent on a suicide mission to delay the Rakshar advance, buying time for Earth’s last hope—Argo Base, a hidden fortress buried deep in the Arctic. As the world crumbles, whispers spread of a secret technology housed within Argo Base, a weapon that could change the course of history.

Hunted by Rakshar warriors and the monstrous Umbasse elite, Blake and his dwindling team make a perilous journey across a dying world, navigating the ruins of civilization, the treachery of desperate survivors, and the unstoppable march of the invaders. Along the way, he forges unbreakable bonds with the soldiers who stand beside him—Lieutenant Simon Jimenez, a demolitions expert with nothing left to lose; Lieutenant Haley Bowman, his closest friend and tactical equal; and Spears, a battle-hardened veteran whose humor is the only thing keeping them sane.

As the final days of the war unfold, Blake reaches Argo Base, only to find that not all of humanity’s leaders are worth saving. The elite hide behind their privileges, the scientists work in desperate secrecy, and the truth about the Dome Project is buried beneath layers of classified information. And when the Rakshar locate Argo Base and prepare for their final attack, Blake is faced with an impossible choice—fight to the bitter end or place his faith in an untested technology that might be humanity’s last, desperate chance for survival.

The world is ending. The war is lost. But Jason Blake isn’t done fighting yet.