In the fires of victory, a soldier becomes... a general. With the hostile Cadmium army crushed beneath his force's boots, Aric of Dacia now commands an entire fleet into the final battle for the soul of an empire. But as a new dawn rises across this unrelenting alien world, what vicious new menace will come forth to greet it? X-O Manowar's path to domination darkens as blockbuster artist Doug Braithwaite (Armor Hunters) joins New York Times best-selling writer Matt Kindt (Divinity, Mind MGMT) for the perfect planet-shaking continuation of Valiant's biggest series yet!