It's a long road ahead of them; but for MacCready it has been long enough. He has to betray his travelling companion - his partner - to the Gunners at some point...but he has to do it soon. Time is running out, and Winlock and Barnes are beginning to grow impatient.

After the rebellion, the Royals confine themselves to their palace along with their staff, each occupant forbidden from leaving their quarters without a mask in a way to avoid assassinations. But the heir to the New Kingdom is murdered, forcing the King to confess that there is another heir out there, a product of his infidelity and so the search begins to continue the Royal bloodline. Elyria Black is 19 years old and following her parent's footsteps in rebuilding the Rebels, but when a mission goes wrong, she finds herself mixed up in the secretive Palace, mingling among those she is plotting against and unravelling the lies surrounding her.