The enemy no longer hides behind a benefactor's mask. War is here. There is no choice but to fight because the alternative would be the end of mankind. Michael Tanner was rescued from a tortured life by a father he'd only heard of as a form of abuse by the monster who birthed him. He struggles to find his place and accept his new freedom. He questions who he is, what he is, and who he Is destined to be. What he is capable of. Jacqueline Anderson has had to be hard, to be cold even, but when she's with Michael Tanner she wonders if there is something more than hard and cold. She wants to understand the shadows behind his eyes. She wants to know where the scars on his body came from. She wants to know if she challenges him as much as he intrigues her. And if a soldier and a physician can find a common path She challenges him. She confuses him. She excites him. Michael has found a family he never imagined and will never let anyone take it away from him. Nick Tanner left Earth in search of what felt like an improbability, and now he's coming home. Earth isn't the same. Nothing is the same. Time is running out in this conclusion to Part One of the Future Possible Saga. "It's truly rare that I'm so enthralled by such deep, rich character development... That is what Gail R Delaney has done for me as a reader throughout the entire Phoenix Rebellion series. I didn't realize until I read these books that something in me REALLY needed that type of connection, even if just with fictitious people..."