Lili becomes infected by a highly addictive drug called Bliss. Liam and Sandoval go to Ireland to investigate the drug's origin, where they meet Dr Cox, and a cult of "Taelonists" who deny knowledge of Bliss. They discover a lab where Ma'el worked on an antidote for Bliss, suspecting the Taelonists found the lab and are spreading Bliss.

Lili awakens as a beam locks on to the shuttle. A Jaridian enters the shuttle as a Taelon warship arrives, engaging the shuttle in battle. Later, Lili finds herself to be a patient at a military hospital. Dr Reed tells Lili that she has been in a coma and that her CVI has been removed. Liam arrives to tell Lili that she has lost 3 years of her life and that the Taelons are gone after the Jaridians defeated them. She also learns she is responsible for saving Earth and Sandoval is scheduled to be executed. After Colonel Bramson debriefed her, Lili learns that Sandoval's last request is to speak with her. She agrees when she realizes that this will be her only chance to find out why Sandoval sent her out on the shuttle. However, Sandoval only reveals to Lili that he now has his own resistance, made up of faithful Taelon followers, who will kill her. Meeting Augur, Lili finds out that he is the CEO of a large company with a wife and a child. Watching Lili and Augur, Dr Reed and Bramson dis

Zo'or and Liam crash in a remote area of Wyoming. Naraina Durrant, a resident of a local commune of natural purists known as the Children of the Earth, rescues Liam from his crash bubble and assists him in his search for Zo'or. Meanwhile Zo'or's bitter rival T'than calles an emergency meeting to propose Da'an take Zo'or's place as the Synod leader.