On the Moon, humanity's last refuge, a fragile political order shatters in a burst of gunfire, sabotage, and betrayal. During a tense gathering in a lunar dome, Broward and Colonel Scone fight through chaos as rival factions vie for control of the bonephones, implanted devices that could let one side dominate every Soviet on the Moon. Beneath the violence lies a deeper threat: an enemy battlebird tunneling toward the base with a devastating weapon, while the giant ship Zemlya becomes the prize in a struggle that may decide the fate of Earth's survivors. As the attack spreads, Scone and Broward are forced into an uneasy alliance, each concealing his true loyalties. Scone leads a nationalist underground and is willing to eliminate resistance; Broward belongs to a small Athenian democratic movement and has already sabotaged key equipment. Their wary cooperation carries them through a base filled with armed Russians, dead officers, wounded survivors, and the collapse of any stable ceasefire. When news arrives that the Argentines have detonated cobalt bombs on Earth, the crisis widens into a planetary catastrophe. With Earth possibly dying and the Moon's future hanging on who controls Zemlya, Scone moves ruthlessly to seize the ship and turn it into both refuge and weapon. This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design.