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The war is over.
PiΓ±ata is dead. Havana has fallen. Cuba belongs to Atoria.
But victory has not brought peace.
As President Ator returns home to Alaska, the cost of his growing empire begins to show. Waddle must be rebuilt. Cuba must be held. Rango wants out. Astro sees a future where machines fight in place of men. And every new territory Ator claims demands more people, more money, and more control.
Back in Wheat City, the world is still dealing with another death.
Emo is gone, but Never See Me Again has turned his final moments into something people cannot stop listening to. Cloudy is left with the truth but no trial, while Squishie struggles to mourn the friend he knew without forgiving the monster he became.
For Saccharine, the answer is simpler.
For once, she tries to live.
Arcades. Flowers. Diners. An ordinary day with Thorn where nobody needs saving.
Meanwhile, Name watches his own revolution grow beyond Ancomistan. Governments are beginning to crack in places he has never ruled, and more people are starting to believe they do not need rulers at all.
The smoke has cleared.
The borders have changed.
And everyone is beginning to realize that surviving the fire was only the beginning.