Lucas is sent to Earth to test Cade Foster's warrior potential.

- - - Quatrain 99, Century 1: ""Heed the call to the island of commerce / Cut be watchful of footsteps that lead unto battle / Look to the light to guide thee / The hacking blade has a double edge""

This quatrain had had me and Eddie baffled for some time until Eddie began receiving a series of e-mails at the Paranoid Times from a man named Harold Shanley who claimed to have escaped from an alien experiment. The poor guy sounded out of his mind; seems he became delusional enough to shoot his own kids. His descriptions took me back to my own nightmare. As much pain as I felt at losing Hannah, I'm sure his was 100 times greater. I knew I was the only one who could help him, and I also knew that any information he had could undoubtedly help me too. I had to find him before the Gua did. According to the origins of his sporadic e-mails, Shanley was making his way across the country, the most recent was from an Industrial Trade

Cade erhält eine Email von einem Mann, der behauptet, dasselbe durchgemacht zu haben wie er. Er stattet seinem Leidensgenossen, der auf einer Insel lebt, umgehend einen Besuch ab. Kaum dort angekommen, gerät Cade in einen Hinterhalt. Der Außerirdische Lucas macht Jagd auf ihn. Auch Eddie kann seinem Freund diesmal nicht helfen.