Sixty thousand light-years from Earth, reporter Danny Liberty takes a dangerous assignment covering the Marines on the front lines in the war with the Protoss and the Zerg Swarm and finds himself uncovering a mystery that could be the story of a lifetime--if he can get out alive.
A bloody act of violence inspires Arcturus Mengsk of the Koprulu sector to follow in his father's footsteps--Angus Mengsk--and lead a rebellion against the corrupt Terran Confederacy.
Former marshal Jim Raynor, having lost faith in humanity after Emperor Arcturus Mengsk's betrayal of telepath Sarah Kerrigan, cannot stop having visions of a volcanic world inhabited by horrifying aliens and begins to think they might be Sarah trying to communicate with him so he can rescue her.
Bhekar Ro, a harsh, bleak, forgettable land sixty thousand light years from Earth, becomes a Mecca for three powerful species when an alien artifact, which all three would love to claim, is unearthed there.
