Several years have passed since the end of the Griffon War. The tenuous pact between Equestria and the Griffon Kingdom has withstood the time. And while both nations have worked to put the past behind them, some cannot let go of the millennia-long blood feud.

Captain Fleethoof's worst nightmares have been realized: Alaric has returned for revenge against Equestria. With the abduction of Cadance and a rash of guerrilla attacks against Equestrian nationals, a special operations task force is conscripted to finish the fight. In a manhunt of global proportions, Fleethoof and his team must scour the world to find the missing princess and put an end to the murderous tyrant's wrath once and for all before full-scale war can reach Equestria.

But in this deadly game of cat and mouse, will the cost of retribution turn out to be greater than Fleethoof can pay?

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