Whistling shells cast from former neighbors smash into the withered cobblestone streets of an old border village. Aska, a sea-faring nation, is once again thrown into a war of global proportions. The Vormare Republic, the former industrial giant of the world, has made a miraculous recovery after its crushing defeat in the first global conflict. After rising from the ashes, the power-hungry monster is eager for revenge. Reid Lucian, a simple deli worker having narrowly survived the initial invasion of his home, awakes in a field hospital surrounded by dying friends and neighbors when a rifle gets shoved in his hands. Now he, and people just like him, are charged with taking back their homes, and in the process will uncover a secret that could change the tide of war and their world.