Fields Under Heaven

Once a thriving place fueled by a booming mining industry, the planet Holland has become a grape dying on the vine. The people of Holland devote their time fending off spontaneous raids by unscrupulous trespassers. Defended by a paramilitary police force without adequate manpower and abandoned by the rest of the universe, Holland is barely hanging on to survival.Major Michael Wilfz is a highly decorated Holland Constabulary officer who has a reputation for gaining loyal and selfless subordinates. While recovering from a training accident, his commanding officer assigns him a simple errand: meet an envoy sent by the Celestial Empire and then report back to him. After an unorthodox encounter that does not go as planned with envoy and former actress Monique Lewellen, however, Wilfz finds himself involved in a conspiracy that sets into motion a series of events with the potential to change Holland forever.In this intriguing science fiction adventure, a secret mission is jeopardized before it can even begin, forcing a paramilitary officer to risk everything to save his beloved planet from demise.