Zone 39

Inatimeofmiseryandfeartwoenemiescometogethertopreventanapocalypseconspiredbytheirleaders.40yearsofwarbetweentheFederatedRepublicsandtheNewTerritoriesUnionhastakenitstoll.Thecitiesareovercrowded,farminglandisriddledwithunexplodedmines--andstillthereisnohopeofpeace.Inthishostile,decayingworldofthefutureonthingremainsconstantforLieutenantLeoMegaw;hisloveforhispregnantwife.Heraccesstoclassifiedinformationmakesheranincreasingliabilityforthegovernment.Whenshe'sambushed,Leoisforcedintoexile.AsaborderpatrolmanontheisolatedoutpostofZone39,orderedtokillanyonethattriestocrosstheborder,hecomestounderstandthatultimatecatastropheforceduponhisworldbyhisgovernment.Therealenemyisnotloomingacrosstheborderbutstandingrightbehindhim.Nowhemustreachacrosstheborderintoenemyterritoryandformanalliancetosavehisworld.