The legendary Strikers are an elite fighting force dedicated to keeping Mara as one of the last free nations in the world, despite the Karensa Federation's mutant war beasts known as Ghosts. One Striker, Talin Kanami, is a refugee from a country the people of Mara consider repugnant, yet her comrades pledge themselves to each other and are willing to consider her opinion when she senses something unique about a mysterious prisoner.