A magical artefact poised to cause unthinkable destruction is hidden somewhere near the town of Middle Ides. The shadowy global organization known as the Revision is poisoning Iceland with sinister devices to further their ambitions, upsetting the fragile balance of ancient elemental magic in the process.

As the forces of magic and nanotechnology collide again, revealing the truth behind their parents' suspicious deaths, Faraday, Higgs, and Newton Redferne must decipher the signs and intervene to prevent an international disaster.