Still reeling from the loss of one of their own, the fledgling superhero team, Aegis, must put aside its collective grief as they are drawn into a conflict that has been waged for thousands of years. An attack against humanity rages on two fronts as ancient races battle for dominance over a steadily Awakening humanity, and nobody knows who to trust. Team leader, Jordan Law, former operative of the British Secret Intelligence Service, must somehow keep her team, and her family, from becoming pawns in a much larger game as well as bring down powerful enemies bent on the destruction of society as we know it. At the same time, mysteries of her own past and upbringing are solved in devastating fashion, and the crisis forming in her marriage deepens. Evolution is always painful, and for the members of Aegis the responsibilities of power and the sacrifices necessary to ensure humanity's survival might just be too much to bear. None will escape unscathed.