"I am Centurion-22, I go by no other name. My family is the Praetorian Guard, and my duty is to serve the Federation and her people with my life and death." There had been no other life for the man known as Centurion-22 outside of the Praetorian Guard, the elite super solider military defense force for the Interplanetary Alliance Federation. Taken as a young child, Centurion-22 was augmented and genetically modified to be the perfect weapon against the Federation's enemies. His loyalties are tested after a revelation reveals he may be even more inhuman than before. Amanda Clayton was the daughter of the famous geneticists responsible for the creation of the Praetorian Guard Program. Dutifully following in her parent's footsteps, Amanda discovered a devastating secret that would change everything, and shatter a long held belief humanity was alone in the universe. Taking her parent's prized soldier, Amanda sets out to reveal the truth her parents and their co-conspirators sought to conceal.