Kai Linden has nothing left to lose. His parents were taken by the Addin, the girl he loves is dying, he is a hunted fugitive hiding in an underground mine and he is about to be exposed as a betrayer of his friends. Only an incidental encounter reminds him of the one person he might still be able to save. But to attempt that would be suicide In the final volume of this alternative-history thriller, a mind-control conspiracy rules international economic and political elites. A small group of outlaws has managed to rescue a few of the Kyrennei, who alone can resist Addin power and therefore are targeted for annihilation. The United States is under martial law, as authorities search for J. Company. The leader of the resistance has a shaky plan. Jake Morrison, the son of a deceased Addin leader with secret Kyrennei genes, decides to play a risky game, pretending to be Addin in order to help the resistance. And he takes the Kyrennei fighter Elias Miko and the unusual Meikan Owen Cameron with him into the very heart of evil. Meanwhile, Aranka Miko foresees that the war will intrude on her tropical hideout and she ventures into perilous world of light and shadow to find the single strand of potential that may lead all of her people to safety and peace. Survival has always had its price.