The Paradocian Council is in ruins. The ancient, clandestine organization of time-traveling assassins responsible for creating a new future for humanity has fallen to a coup of defectors who seek to reshape the Universe Tree, led by a shadowy figure who has also seized the U.S. presidency. Trillions of lives across hundreds of worlds are in peril. And former Sen. Greg Crawley, the last hope, has been cast out into the unknown. Even if he can return to rally a resistance…what power does he have to make everything right again?