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Benjamin Taylor hasn't managed to destroy the Earth-yet. But as the junior diplomat to extraterrestrials, the odds aren't in his favor. His first meeting with an enigmatic alien left a dozen injured and ruined his suit. And his hopes that the second meeting goes better are destroyed when an assassin's bullet finds its target-and ruins more than just his suit.The attack throws Earth's embassy into conflict. Benjamin's boss tries to cover up the attack while Earth's first line of defense scrambles to meet the alien threat. Meanwhile, Benjamin and his allies are sidelined as a conspiracy to kill extraterrestrials runs unchecked, provoking a deadly response from one of the forty-eight alien ships orbiting Earth.Now Benjamin must rally his friends and fight his own organization to stop the conspirators before they can strike again and bring about the destruction of humanity.