Their faith tested at every turn, the members of the Order of the Celestial Lotus push forward against a nefarious enemy that is mutating before their very eyes. Materializing from thin air, supported by newly engineered death squads, and waging battle in a foreign and hostile environment created with his own hands, Mobius seems to have grown in strength and resolve. Can Veronica and her friends trust the humans and other sentient species they encounter in and around the Mysterious City? Is there a conspiracy within this giant metropolis that dominates the landscape of this new world unknown to those left alive in the Order of the Celestial Lotus? With nowhere else to turn, the group is forced to yet again make a stand against their arch enemy. While many of their questions are answered, more new and more serious ones arise, such as.... Can you run out of Time within an infinite hourglass?"