About the book: 2002 / (August 8, 3057) Thirty years ago, the Highlander mercenaries left the Capellan Confederacy, essentially betraying those who once provided them with help and hospitality. A descendant of the rulers of the Confederation, Sun-Tsu Liao, decides to take revenge on the Highlanders, drowning their planet in the blood of civil war. The main character of the novel, Major Suicide Commando Laurent Jaffray, a Highlander by blood, a descendant of the legendary military leaders of this courageous people, will have to carry out his plan..