Rachel's desperate gambit has pushed the Angels back, but at the cost of the Tabernacle. Without their center of government, the Mizraim Empire is tearing itself apart.Civil war has broken out, and the Sentinels are caught in the middle. Rachel and David know their best hope for peace is the infant New Eden Republic. But so do the Angels, and they have returned to crush it. With hopes dwindling as quickly as their allies, Rachel and David must make a final stand to secure the future of humankind.