Sometimes secrets are better left undiscovered.

Following the murder of her immediate family, Rebekah Jensen flees to Athens, Greece, where there is rumored to be a secret group of Innocents. It is amongst her own kind that she feels she will finally be safe, since it is evident Marywood is no longer safe for her. The infamous immortal warlock, Henri Anderson, is still relentlessly hunting her, and he will stop at nothing until he has her. However, things soon take a turn for the worst when Rebekah meets a fellow Innocent, Takara Nakahara, who seems to know very little about herself, including the identity of her Other Part.

Cousins Holly White and Andre Robinson return to Ivanestible following the discovery of the murder of Rebekah's family, and from there, Holly gets roped into joining the Royal Guard in order to account for the group's diminishing numbers. Despite her protests, Holly is subjected to intense training and even accompanies the Royal Guard to Peshawar, Pakistan for an assignment. However, tragedy strikes that leaves Holly both physically and emotionally scarred, and nothing Andre seems to do helps heal her wounds.

Meanwhile, Henri embarks on the next stage of his plan by sealing off Marywood, Florida. Suddenly, the town becomes a post-apocalyptic nightmare where humans are reduced to animalistic behavior as they fight for survival—and Foreseer Amanda Palmer is caught in the middle of it all