This story takes place on an abandoned Earth, half-desert, half-metropolis. A power-hungry police chief, operating in a totalitarian state, has been ruthlessly assassinating all competition in order to secure his place as the next SECRETARY OF LAW. The planet's only hope is a small offshoot, a rebellious group known only as the THIRD WAVE, and a lonely spaceman from far away. And while they hide in the shadows, an agent known as MARTYR PETE, far from Earth's reaches, pulls the strings...