The story of Stand continues. Jim and Maddy maintain their support for Evan Bowles as he emerges from the tragedy of his wife's death and renews a friendship with Belle. Inspector Burton and his team become enmeshed in a series of political murders that reveal a deepening conspiracy. Pastor Able is dragged into a spiralling crisis and finds that trials do refine. In his inimitable fashion, Burton uncovers the perpetrators of clinical executions in the name of a future world order demanding peace at all costs. The narrative provides the link to describe how events led to the state of events portrayed in Book three, Crossed Over.