Across the Blightlands, a mage of the Circle of Ferelden, now apostate, flees the savage outbreak of blood magic at the Tower with his kidnapped son in tow, a Templar dogging their every step, and the woman he loves haunting his dreams.

On Omega, life is cheap and secrets are costly. When an arms and armor technician and part-time smuggler is visited by a ghost from his past, he'll be asked to trade one for the other. But will he chose to keep his life or his secrets?

Sergeant Johnson recounts the operation to extract Captain Keyes from the Covenant craft Truth and Reconciliation.