A Senator's daughter is found to have kryss in her system. Liam and Renee suspect the Taelons lied about synthesizing it and there is a new location for production. They believe Federov is involved. Da'an is addicted to kryss.

The Taelons lend some of their dwindling core energy to Joshua Doors for a pilot cold fusion project, but the energy is stolen, leaving the Taelons vulnerable. Jonathan Doors lives on as an AI in cyberspace.