Silas turned the fight against Burton Brightfeather into a spectacle and a massacre. But by killing the Brightfeather heir, he doomed both himself and the girls. Their only way out of the mess? To take Ruby, Lyla, and KK through the portal floating above Chi-Tek before their enemies can capture them.

What waits on the other side of the portal is nothing like Silas expected. Instead of a primitive world, they find a high-tech society ruled by Mechatronicus the Annihilator—an old acquaintance of Tempest, the Raiju bound within Silas. Silas and his crew are forced to hire a guide that can help make an introduction to the one person capable of helping them obtain the core needed to save Sensei. And if they want that help, there’s only one path forward: taking on a mission so dangerous it borders on suicide.

As Silas navigates this new world, he gains new allies and learns more about his Raiju heritage. Among them is Ashley of the Phoenix clan, adding both new powers and also growing complications to his group. But something else is changing, too: his draconic side surfaces. It is much harder to control and far more dangerous. With time running out and enemies converging on them from all sides, Silas will need to tame both his bloodlines if he wants to claim the core, save Sensei, and make it back to Earth.