Time is nearly up.Alicia and her friends have returned to Seattle, but they're broken, bruised, and exhausted. Alicia and Jordan are wanted criminals, traitors to the Order. The crossing took a heavy toll on Devon, already weak from his time in Belast's hands. And the only people in Seattle Alicia trusts are themselves on the run following an attempted assassination.With living shadows stalking the streets, a long-buried past rising from its grave, and mounting questions with no answers in sight, Alicia has her work cut out for her. While Karenna searches for a friend she'd once feared dead, Alicia races to stop Green before it's too late.Fail, and Seattle will face a war like none the world has ever known.