Since before the Fall, freedom has been something all Fallen wish for, but none had ever truly achieved. Be it God or Satan, they'd always had a master. Now Murphy finds himself alone once more: the only angel in existence with free will and no master. With both of his best friends in the Below and a Blessed babysitter looking over his shoulder in the Middle, Murphy needs something to do with his very long life - a quiet retirement. He should've known that the Above and Below aren't finished with him. Reunited with Joy to hunt down a traitor, Murphy makes some new "friends" and gets closer to the truth of just why Lilith has declared war on all sides. The clock is running down, but this isn't the Armageddon humans were expecting.