"The Collective, in possession of the Fragmented board and growing stronger every day, decide to retrieve one of their own: Tommy Goff, held captive by the Revolution in an undisclosed location. To discover the prisoner's whereabouts, Elliot Addison and his mentor Archard Venin must earn the Revolution's trust. But Archard has other plans: the destruction of the Revolution, and the death of his old friend, Eldrick Otus."