Communications Specialist Besim Antilles has always felt invincible. As a half-troll with protective stoneskin that activates in a fight, he's never really taken a serious hit. Until a mission in the Allied American States Wastelands left scars all over his body, and a ragged faultline through his confidence. When an elf sorcerer with ties to a terrorist organization Besim and his team have tussled with in the past shows up in his sister's coffee shop...let's just say he doesn't believe in coincidence. Coffee shop owner Nadire Antilles has two concerns-her fledgling business and her brother. He hasn't been the same since discharging from the hospital, and now he and his spec ops Drax Guard team are acting weird about some elf who came into her café. She trusts her brother and his team, but she also needs to keep the lights on so she doesn't lose her shot at the dream. An open attack on the streets of Dunhare solidifies that the sorcerer is after the team. But as they race to find him and stop him for good, they discover he has a specific target in mind and won't hesitate to draw Nadire right into the crossfire.