Inside the Dome, Partridge has taken his father's place as leader of the Pures. His struggle has led him here: he is intent upon bringing down the Dome from the inside, with the help of a secret resistance force. But things are not simple from his new position of power and he finds himself tempted by his father's words: perhaps if the world is to survive it needs the Dome - and Partridge - to rule it...



As Partridge's resolve weakens, Pressia and Bradwell continue piecing together the clues left to them from the time before the Detonations. It is their hope that they will be able to heal the Wretches - to free them from their monstrous fusings and the Dome's oppression once and for all. But everything they struggle for depends on Partridge.