Liam and Augur are in a Taelon shuttle craft, when something happens they get thrown into a parallel universe. They discover that humanity is at war with the Taelons. They're taken by the rebels and discover that Sandoval's counterpart leads them. And Lili's works for the Taelons.

A Jaridian probe lands on Earth and begins sucking energy from the Commonality. The Taelons use humans in a near-death state to keep their connection, while Lili and Sandoval try to find out what is draining the energy.