This final installment will be told from Ashburn's perspective. It can be read as a standalone book. Lucienne and Vladmir's story is nearly concluded in The Red Queen. A new nation has risen. Sphinxes and its Siren Queen will lead the world in a fight against a new kind of danger. The Exile, the first residents of Earth and the most deadly predator in the universe, is returning. They’ll use the oldest weapon, the time element, to turn us into dust. We once had a weapon that could drive them into the distant corners of the galaxy, but modern humans don’t know what that weapon is. They’ll wipe us out if we can’t find it before time runs out. And their immortal queen, who is already among us, will do everything in her power to stop us from getting that weapon.