The year is 2144.
And away from Mars City, at the strange ancient sites uncovered on the planet, a small squad of marines stand guard while scientists uncover wall glyphs and search for artifacts, having already found something that is so far amazing and inexplicable -- including the relic called U1, nicknamed the Soul Cube -- and unknown to all, the bringer of destructive chaos and unspeakable horror.....
It\'s a strange world with a fatal environment, and the thousands who live and work within the city have already begun to think of themselves as Martians.
Kane\'s fate leads him to Mars City -- part environmental community, part lab center, and all owned and protected by the UAC.
Now Lt.
Space Marines -- the private army of the UAC -- with the prospect of becoming little more than a glorified security guard on Mars....
Busted down to private, Kane has been reassigned to the U.
S.
But that was before he listened to his conscience and disobeyed a direct order.
Special Ops Marine Lieutenant John Kane was once a careerist simply glad to have a job, and couldn\'t care less about politics just as long as Uncle Sam\'s check cleared.
With global economies in ruins and all-out world war more than a possibility, the U.
S government turned to the Union Aerospace Corporation, giving it carte blanche on the legendary red planet of Mars in a desperate bid to construct an off-world outpost that might provide resources, a military advantage...as well as something so secret that even members of government don\'t have a clue about it.... ..and the battle over Earth\'s precious resources has raged for a century.
The year is 2144
