Liam and Renee investigate taelon artefacts on of which leads to the discovery of Ma'el's ship.

Da'an hires a professional hit man to seek out Augur. Liam and Renee meet with 10 Resistance leaders whose cells have been discovered and destroyed. In order to avoid one cell from crushing the entire network in the future, Liam proposes that he be the only communication link between cells. Sandoval learns that he will die unless he gets a blood transfusion from an immediate family relative.

Zo'or and Liam crash in a remote area of Wyoming. Naraina Durrant, a resident of a local commune of natural purists known as the Children of the Earth, rescues Liam from his crash bubble and assists him in his search for Zo'or. Meanwhile Zo'or's bitter rival T'than calles an emergency meeting to propose Da'an take Zo'or's place as the Synod leader.

A Roman citizen is awoken uboard Ma'el's ship to pronounce jugement against the taelons.

Lili Marquette gives birth to a half jaridian child, with the help of taelon core energy, that may be the last hope for the taelon and jaridian race. Auger goes into hiding from volunteer investigations, an old friend of his J Street agrees to help Liam and Renee while Auger is on the run. Sandoval tries to destroy evidence of the Jaridian existence.

While Liam and Renee investigate the suspicions of false imprisonment and infringement of civil rights, an ammoralist associate of Augur's plans to steal Zo'or's gold onboard the mothership.

Liam is implanted with a neural surveillance device to track Da'an, who leaves earth on a mysterious final journey.

The fate of the earth and the taelons may be revealed when three astronauts from the future are discovered in stasis hidden in a government base.

Sandoval strikes a deal with the Atavus while Renee tries to convince Hubble Urick about the existence the aliens.