After surviving a nuclear meltdown at Area 51, Ted Anderson settles down for a peaceful life, apart from the U.S. military under an assumed name. But his mind will never go silent as each night wakes him up screaming for the ghosts of the past, the dead friends, and the guilt for taking so many lives in his tenure. Settling in Boston, a group of Naive Christians find this suicidal and murderous fae, and for a time Ted Anderson is allowed a little peace with the bubbly Jennifer Miller. As their relationships build, a man who knows Ted's past named Jeff Clemens of Black Eagle Company, and he threatens to reveal the secret that holds Ted's lower than life persona.With the Holy Grail Stolen, the Casters' Administration run by the fae are desperately looking for a lead to McCurdy, the thief. With no leads, and little to go off of, there appears to be a mysterious fae not cleaning up their mana trail, risking the organization coming to light, and Ilya has been tasked with finding this "Ghost". Ilya and a modest group of fae are charged specifically for tracking him down, and their trail leads directly into Boston.On the global front, trade agreements start collapsing and the economy is suffering across the world as NATO disbands, and the United States has made too many enemies, two of whom are threatening their borders; China and Russia.