The curtain comes to a close in the final book of the Maverick trilogy. Shay and the other survivors from the Parasites' deadly extermination order must trek across the country in a last bid to defeat the Parasites once and for all. Angel, now a fully-fledged member of the Parasites, plots to take them down from the inside. Angel learns just how personal this fight really is and Shay makes sacrifice after sacrifice to accomplish his quest for revenge. And at long last the story of Edmond Aldon, a teenager who witnesses the birth of the Parasites years ago and becomes instrumental in the making of the legendary Maverick. All is revealed in this climactic finale.