No child should ever be a soldier. Jon Moore knew that better than most,having learned to fight to survive before he'd hit puberty. So when a formercomrade, Alissa Lim, asks for his help in rescuing a group of children pressedinto service by rebels on a planet no one cares to save, he agrees. Only laterdoes he realize he's signed up to do far more than he'd ever imagined. Jon'scommitment hurtles him and Lobo, the hyper-intelligent assault vehicle who ishis only real friend, into confrontations with the horrors the children haveexperienced and with a dark chapter from his past.
