His name is Lars Russ. He is the authorized Dictator of the Earth Federation, which, without knowing it, is on the verge of a war with the Forerunner civilization, resurrected after many millennia. The galaxy is divided. Humans and non-humans are faced with a choice: whose side to take in the coming war? But they are powerless in the face of the impending threat... And only he, Lars Russ, is able to change the balance of power and prevent war. His main secret is that he is not a man. He is one of the Forerunners who led the resistance to a race that wanted to return the power lost over millennia. There is no time left, for WAR IS ON YOUR THRESHOLD!