Metcalfe bids Elspeth goodbye. The Arbiters contemplate their future, and worry over the new power in their midst. Sestus and Carson make decisions about the future. And Fournier makes ominous recommendations to his bosses.
Admiral Fournier decides to strike against the planet Eleusis. Aer'La makes a fateful choice. Carson remembers the last time Metcalfe's life was on the line.
The stress of the mission finally catches up with Aer'la; Icarus confronts Daedalus; Metcalfe learns more about the history of the Eleusis colony; Cernaq refuses to assist Darby in interrogating a civilian.
Pallas attempts to reach out to Metcalfe... unsucessfully. Metcalfe confronts Aer'La and her unlikely ally, Darby, as they begin to institute Martial Law on Titan.
Aer'La begins to be uncomfortable with Titan's new security restrictions. Ustenar become suspicious of Kaya, and makes surprising accusations. Metcalfe learns the identity of the Qraitian spy among the family. Sestus receives new orders.
Kaya and Doc Faulkner take off on an espionage mission among the Qraitians; Carson finds himself growing uncomfortably comfortable with Sestus, and reflects on incidents from his and Metcalfe's shared past on Terra.
Atal refuses to force Metcalfe to return from Eleusis. Kaya and Pallas witness frightening evidence of a powerful presence on the planet, leading Kaya to formulate a dangerous plan.
Titan arrives at the planet Eleusis and meets up with Ustenar, a suspicious Qraitian commander. On the planet's surface, they meet the members of the Family of God, and Metcalfe encounters "god" itself.
Admiral Fournier asks Pallas and Cernaq to telepathically interrogate Titan's merchants. Kaya asks Atal to consider the potential supernatural danger of Eleusis. Metcalfe is disturbed when both Carson and Aer'La take Sestus's side in an argumen
Metcalfe meets with his counselor, distbured by his growing separation from his friends. Aer'La is in the grip of nightmares brought on by her recent ordeal in space. Admiral Fournier arrives to brief the Titan's officers on the planet Eleusis,
The Arbiters are back! In Chapter One, we begin to see the fallout from the crew's last mission, a harrowing battle with Qraitian terrorists in which Metcalfe's daring actions saved ten billion lives.