The secret society is gone. After everything that happened at the auction, its members have scattered, each returning to lives that feel strangely different. But while they try to move on, the world around them continues to grow darker, stranger, and far more dangerous than anyone realizes.

Old enemies haven't disappeared. New conspiracies are beginning to take shape. And some battles have a way of finding those who thought they had escaped them. Can the people who once stood together be convinced to return? Or has the cost of failure become too great to overcome?