Isidore has joined Blice in Paradise as an inquisitor after finding out that he is Blice's personal computer. When the space station is attacked from a mysterious Inquisitor Dark, everything Isidore believed about who he is falls apart. Faced with the truth about being the only successful android, he must redefine how he lives, decide who he loves, and discover if he can even know emotions outside of his programming. A member of the organization he fought so hard to defeat, Isidore has been labeled a traitor by the only friends he has ever known. Byron and Damien work together to end the crisis between the walled city of Paradise and the wasteland rebel base of Rubble City. Byron faces a personal foe that his normal brute force cannot defeat. Damien and his partner Seth relive their memory of Styx, where Damien shot and paralyzed Seth all to be a hero. With attacks from Common Ground soldiers and a string of mysterious murders, everyone is a suspect as diplomatic stability crumbles. With a change in command for the Unified State, can the new president mend international relations or will humanity face another nuclear war?

In the post-apocalyptic West, Byron, Damien, Blice, and Isidore escape from a high security prison. As M.A.G.E.s, Material Altering Genetic Experiments, they are running from the Inquisition whose purpose is to find and control failed genetic experiments. Their powers set them apart from the other citizens of the wasteland who are not welcome inside the lead walls of Paradise, the capital of the Unified State. The lead prevents any M.A.G.E.s from using their abilities to breach the walls and join the privileged and wealthy of the world. With another global war brewing and the Inquisition on their trail, will they be able to escape and find a life in the wasteland and discover the secrets of the Inquisition?