After her theft from MiliLabs, Summer has taken on the psychic powers of the seserance. Separated from connection with anyone in Migax, she must find a way to get rid of the threat the seserance still poses before she is captured. To do so she must travel to Ixar, home to the megacorps that are gaining control of Migax, in search of a renowned hacker and an expert on advanced technology.

Back at Aksel, paranoia is only growing worse. Wilders are angry at Migax's treatment of squells and are demanding a resolution. As Leafsong seeks out The Hope of Migax on her own and experiments with her manipulator powers, she finds herself testing the limits of her freedoms and discovering dark secrets about Migax's resistance, secrets which cause her to question Eeksa's true motives.

Caught in a game of deception, violence, and sedition, Leafsong and Summer are pit against not only MiliLabs but their own tempations, as they find their moral codes increasingly tested in the struggle to decide the fate of themselves, the wilders, and all of Migax.