General Arika Cobane, beloved leader of the worker rebellion, makes a boldâbut illegalâmove to ensure the peopleâs freedom. When her scheme fails and her coconspirator hangs for treason, Arikaâoverworked and overwroughtâblacks out.
When she awakens, everything has changed. Sheâs been stripped of her rank and power and the new leader of the Kongo, Kira Swan, is a charismatic traitor bent on consigning the Kongo under the guise of peace.
Desperate, Arika reunites with Hosea Kahn and seeks treatment for her blackouts at the Compound, deep in the deadly Obi Forest. Arika is determined to regain her influence, stop Kira Swan, and continue leading the Kongo to freedom, but time is
running out and sheâs still unwell. Control is slipping from her fingers. When a new source of strength presents itself, an ancient authority reserved for the One destined to save the Kongo, Arika gives up everything, including Hosea Khan, to
grasp the power, butâall alone, and sick and tiredâcan she muster the will to hold it?