The blackcollarsan elite, genetically enhanced fighting forcemay be humanity's only hopeDecades after a successful invasion of Earth and the Terran Democratic Empire by theRyqrilhostile, leathery-skinned aliensresistance fighter Allen Caine is training for an undercover mission. He will assume the identity of an aide to the senatepart ofthe government that colludes with the invaders. But when the mission begins earlier than planned, Caine finds himself stuck on the off-planet outpost of Plinry with no idea of what awaits. He's responsible for the most important mission undertaken by the resistance in twenty years, and when the operation goes awry, Caine's only hope is to locate Plinry's so-called blackcollarsthe elusive, martial artstrained guerilla force whose wartime resistance efforts are legendary. With his life and the freedom of everyone in the TDE on the line, Caine's success will depend on whether or not he can find them. . . .