The intercontinental war between the Socio-Colonialists and the Capitalists is called off and Jake D'souza finally gets to return home to his wife and daughter after three long years. But fate has other tricks up its sleeves. Halfway through the journey, he encounters a solar storm and witnesses what human hatred can wreak upon people; and is himself turned into something far worse than a human. Private Binny returns from the war to his home in Zone 13 and sees things that make him question if the war has really ended. Ramakant, a morgue attendant, decides to resign from his job when, after more than half a dozen years of handling corpses, he sees what real horror is.