After she escapes Atlanta, Everly Jax returns to the Defiance cell in time to help capture Kube 9, her former home. There, she works feverishly with Dr. Ronan to recreate her locust eradication experiments. She is on the verge of success when an Infrastructure Protection Force general perpetrates an atrocity that leaves them all reeling.Suddenly unsure who she can trust, Everly finds her way to the Defiance's secret headquarters, and discovers a surprising ally in the High Commander. Together with Minister Alden, they scramble to thwart a genocidal plan that threatens all the geneborns . . . including Saben. When the worst happens, Everly and her friends turn their efforts to mitigating the tragedy.A showdown at sea brings Everly face to face with the madman who hatched the genocide plot, and she must risk her life in an almost certainly futile attempt to save Amerada and her friends. The Incubation trilogy comes to a thrilling and surprising conclusion in Regeneration.