Banning wants to get his hands on a formula that will enable him to make the chemicals that he needs to continue his experiments. His people attack Plaxico industries, the only place where he can find them. Ethaniel and Laura try to warn the owner of the company but are too late. Leading the attack group is a man called Tawrens, Ethaniels best friend. Ethaniel captures Tawrens and tries to find out what Banning has done to him to turn him from a fighter sent to stop Banning to someone who is now his number one soldier.

Byder discovers the location of Ethaniels brother, Thorber, and Ethaniel goes to the airport to meet up with him. He arrives at the same time as Myroc, a bounty hunter hired by Banning to find Isaac Lobel. Isaac has a computer disc full of information about Banning's contacts and is going to sell it to Thorber. Myroc manages to capture Ethaniel and tells Thorber he will trade his brother for the disc. Laura, Thorber and Isaac join together to try and find Ethaniel and Myroc while Byder gets left with the job of looking after Emil, Isaac's brat of a son.

Banning discovers that Senator Caraldo, whose campaign for president he is paying for, has been having an affair with a female rock star. With the election coming up soon he warns the Senator and hires a hitman to kill Mona Knight, the rock star. Ethaniel, Laura and Tawrens see a photo of Banning and Knight together and decide to find out what Banning could want with a rock star. It doesn't take them long to find out that it is a president that he really wants, the question is what can they do to stop him from achieving that aim?

Laura and Ethaniel infiltrate the compound of the Militia Volunteer Force. They are a group of 'Freedom fighters' who have been working for Banning. Ethaniel has discovered that they have a Therian bomb and wants to disarm it before it is used. By coincidence Dent is visiting at the same time. He is there to pick the bomb up for Banning. The militia commander refuses to do this and his men wipe out all of Banning's men with Dent. When Ethaniel and Laura are discovered in the compound the militia now how three enemies to hunt down. It doesn't take long for Ethaniel and Dent to bump into each other and decide that they need to team up if either of them is to stand a chance of getting out alive.