Explora 1. The Arrival

He came to build a future—he landed in someone else's war.
When young colonial engineer Ron Cooper arrives on the planet Locus, he expects to design infrastructure for a thriving new civilization. Instead, he finds a fractured world on the brink of collapse. The Colonial Constitution is a farce, the land carved up between violent alliances and roving bands, and the rebirth system—the only thing keeping colonists alive—is failing.
Worse, the planet's capital has been sealed off by a mysterious force field, and rumors whisper of "demons" within.
Ron despises violence. But he hates chaos even more.
To survive, he'll have to fight, build, and bend his own principles in a world where might makes right—and maybe, just maybe, change the rules.