Aleksi crosses over into Ieretik territory in the hope of learning how to control the terrible power inside him, while Anita, who has just learned the truth about her past, and her friend Iosef flee the Imperator's palace to evade those hell-bent on destroying the unborn baby Anita is carrying... Aleksi's son. The future child's potential power of destruction is so great that it's got both Those From Above and The Shadows vying to get their hands on it as they fight for dominance of this side of the two worlds. Meanwhile, Velikic wants to harness Aleksi's power to turn it into a formidable and unstoppable military weapon...