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Wieder einmal hat das Schicksal Altai einen grausamen Streich gespielt. Die Hoffnung, von Rhapsodie zu entkommen, hat sich zerschlagen, der Sieg hat sich in eine Niederlage verwandelt, und aus Freunden sind Feinde geworden. Frühere Errungenschaften haben ihren Wert verloren und sich in Nichts aufgelöst. Altai muss wieder von vorne beginnen, denn der letzte Akt der Tragödie hat sich nur als Vorspiel entpuppt und neue Herausforderungen zeichnen sich am Horizont ab. Er muss das Elysium erreichen und die Grenzabsperrung überwinden, um endlich zu Ende zu bringen, was ihn ins Sperrgebiet geführt hat.

Old soldiers never die...except inside, when they lack a reason to live. Old soldier Wes Stauer is dying inside, from sheer lack of purpose. And then comes the knock on the door: ''Our leader's son and heir has been kidnapped. We don't know where he is. We need you to get him back for us. The people who have him are numerous, warlike, and well-armed. But money is no object.'' And then old soldiers - sailors and airmen, too - stop fading away and come back into sharp focus.

The first shots of war have been fired, now it's a race against time to stop a headlong rush before someone fires the last shots. The alien probe that created dozens of superhuman weapons and unleashed them on Houston has a new testing site, the city of Hong Kong, and Alexander Hale has been asked to intervene. With no idea who, or how, the experiments on people are being done he slips into the city to try and find out what ever he can, but beyond the skyline of Hong Kong trouble is brewing.

Welcome to the Philippines outback. It's a true garden spot, if you happen to like drug running, bush-bound revolutionary movements, Balkanized tribal warfare, illegal weapons trading, and kidnapping for fun and profit. It's hostage rescue time once again for Terry Welch's special operations company. But this is turning out to be one of those missions. Starting with no clue as to the hostage's whereabouts topped off by Welch and his crew having to endure a rifle company of hated competitors supposedly sent along for reinforcement.