The armored truck rumbled through the Outer Ring checkpoint, leaving the colony's safety behind.
Kai sat in the back with the rest of Squad Talon, watching the city walls shrink in the rear window.
Outside the city walls was the Wilds. It was a huge, corrupted wasteland where rifts from other dimensions had ripped reality open. This was where the monstrous Echoes spawned, where the rifts called Fractures opened, and where mercenary Hunters earned their pay.
And where most of them died.
"First day and first mission with us," Rook said from across the truck. The massive man was cleaning his weapon: a rotary cannon that looked like it belonged on a vehicle, not carried by a person. "You nervous?"
"A little," Kai admitted.
"Good. Means you're not an idiot." Rook grinned. "Glasslands are no joke. Beautiful as hell, but they'll kill you if you're not careful."
