The Russians, though badly defeated by Brad and the Iron Wolf Squadron in their previous bid for world-dominance, are not giving up—and they have a formidable new ally in their quest for control over outer space in China’s energetic and ruthless leader, President Li Jun. The Sino-Russian alliance is immediately challenged by a new American plan to mine the moon’s helium-3 resources—which will allow the U.S. to fully exploit the revolutionary fusion power technology it captured from the Russians aboard the Mars One weapons platform. To stop the Americans, Leonov and Li authorize a daring plan to build a secret base on the moon’s far side. Equipped with a Russian plasma rail gun, this base will be able to destroy any U.S. spacecraft entering lunar orbit, giving Russia and China the keys to the world’s economic and military future. As the war in space heats up, the newly formed U.S. Space Force must find a way to stop America’s powerful enemies before it’s too late.