Book Two: Five years after the events at the Alternate Institute, Mackenzie O'Connor is now living in the countryside of Norfolk in the east of England when his peaceful new life is disrupted when his wife Aurelia and their four-year-old son Maddox are kidnapped. Mackenzie turns to an old ally in Mrs Ashton at MI6 to help find them. His mission takes him undercover overseas in the city of Dubai, working for club owner Carter Reyes.