Defiance can be deadly. Almost as deadly as obedience.Maximillian has defected. The god-king Nero has bled. Now the High Vassal has stolen an AirGuard and fled to Earth's last military stronghold - the United Kingdom - seeking refuge among the Defiance.In a devastating twist, Colonel Thomas Drexler's son Sage has joined the Friends of Nero. What the Colonel doesn't know is that Sage intends to infiltrate the emperor's inner circle and kill him, delivering vengeance for every Christian who paid the ultimate price. Certain he carries out the will of God, Sage draws ever closer to the man who ordered the slaughter of the faithful.Unbeknownst to them all, Sage is not alone. He will need every ally he can find… because The Test is coming.Can the Defiance accept the former High Vassal as a brother - or will he prove a fatal liability? Can Colonel Drexler finally unmask Nero's lies before the world? And will Sage emerge from the Friends of Nero training camp ready to strike the killing blow, or scarred beyond recognition by the machine determined to erase every trace of faith?In a world of mandated obedience, defiance can be deadly.
