This is a collection of writings detailing a mercenary company's fall and rise during the war known as the Alterer Incursion. Vladimir Dragovich, a former member of the military and now a mercenary for hire, finds work with a once-famous mercenary company that has fallen on hard times, right on the eve of humanity's greatest conflict. Vlad must work through the difficulties of this new life, and how it fits with his faith while surviving these deadly times. The actions of one individual, even small ones, can have great repercussions. The Blackthorne Strikers must rise from a small broken band of broken people, or be crushed under the assault of an alien foe.