Sequel to Mirage: Mai Takoda Seed has been away from home for over two years, torn away from her parents, Nayeli Lamb, the savior of Hope County, and Jacob Seed, former leader of Eden's Gates armies. Be it fate or luck, she found herself saved and now attached at the hip to that of Thomas Rush and his convoy of specialists hoping to rebuild America one settlement at a time. When news of a new raider threat arises in the form of the Highwaymen, led by a pair of sadistic twins, Mai is thrown into a war with the odds stacked against her, her family, and allies. On top of that, she must work in discovering the whereabouts of her missing mother, and tend to the ghosts of Eden's Gate that refuse to let her and her mother go.