Mere days after saving Reka, Duke brings his new friends to Nova Atlantis, a research center named after the legendary utopia. But beneath the shiny exterior are long buried secrets. An unknown time traveler is on the loose, and a scientist is found dead on the neighboring coast. The Paradox team must face fire, water, divisions, treachery, a deserted island and more to uncover what they each stand for and where their loyalties lie. Through it all, a heavy fear rests over them - which is soon realized with the reappearance of an old foe.