Rushing Winter is trying to do what he set out to do when he left the find those like him, raised to be weapons, and save them from the life he lived before he found his conscience.
It's never that simple. With the help of Madeleine O’Neil, his sister, and the twins, Rushing quickly finds himself involved in larger events between the school's enigmatic founders and dark elements of the government.
He is again forced by circumstance to ally with Vadik Kadishnakov after learning the CIA has plans for him and his sister, Julianna. Facing the Agency’s man, Pace, and a man raised from birth to be better than any the School ever produced, Rushing is pushed from all sides towards an unavoidable fight he may not walk away from. It becomes clear that all sides are vying for the same thing.