The Dawnstrikers

Fenn is a planet isolated from the rest of the galaxy, where Net Central's forces are stranded and outnumbered by the hostile natives, who are blend of half-assimilated and half-ruthless xenophobes that want to eradicate all offworlders. The bishop and the commander at Havekgerem have their work cut out for them. The bishop must control his band of Faring Guards-fanatically loyal, axe-swinging Lost Rythan penitents who vow to defend him with their lives-while the commander struggles to maintain order with his unhappy soldiers, cut off from home and watching their equipment slowly age and fail. In the middle of this chaos rise the Dawnstrikers, a cult of black-clad zealots, following their charismatic leader as he plots to not only slaughter all foreigners