Two months after the attack on New Frisko, Nik Granger and the other survivors have found safety in the hills outside the city. They hope for a life without the suffocating presence of Prime Administrator Adam Holland, but they still hold the powerful secrets that Holland destroyed an entire city to protect. After finishing a patrol, Nik returns t camp to discover that Holland and his Enforsers have killed or captured most of their colony—including Nik's parents.Barely escaping with their lives, Nik and his friends Pol and Melisa fight to save their friends and family at any cost. As they travel through what's left of America, they face danger at every turn, including Ranjer's who will stop at nothing to carry out Holland's deadly orders. Bringing to bear their every resource, Nik and his friends race to stop Holland before he murders everyone they know. But with the world against them, can they make it in time to save what's left of humanity? And when it comes to it, can Nik destroy Holland once and for all?