The diabolic armies appear invinciblebut they havent met the Marines.The Dark Princes power to summon demons has made his forces second to none, and ensured his place as one of the invasions leaders. Not content to merely seize his fathers throne, the renegade royal dreams of world conquestand with his army and his black arts, there is little to stop him.So unexpected, so well planned is the invasion of the free port New Bally that out of hundreds in the city, only two escape capture. Haft and Spinner will need all their courage and cunning to retrieve their weapons from their enemy-held ship, cross the open meadows surrounding the city walls, and escape into the forest beyondwhere they hope to regroup and drive back the invaders. Luckily, Haft and Spinner are no ordinary men. They are Marines . . .From the Paperback edition.