The Kingdom of the Red Sun's global tendrils have been exposed, but the war smolders on. Vincent Bogatyr, the Retainer known as Colt, seeks to shoot down the renegade Fire Angel Renata from the sky and discover her true identity, torn between enrapturement and revulsion. Dillon Rajasingha, the Taishi Iron Naga, endures his greatest challenge against the dreaded Red Sun soldier, Dokras. Jack Zaitao, Jade Bodhi, unravels more secrets around the global firm KMSM and his mentorial colleague, Amanda Renard. And Lily Shang, Fire Sakura, begins to suspect there is more to the shopkeeper Pallavi than meets the eye. The only way to destroy Red Sun is from within, and to do so, the Taishis and the senseis of Tsuki Kai dojo must locate the elusive defector known as Guilan. If they can find him, they can enter the Kingdom through the secret gates, and challenge the Great Sage face-to-face on Blood Sun Mountain. But with Red Sun's own civil war drawing down, and a scornful Renata enflaming global revolution, can the Taishis make new allies, and the treacherous journey into the wilds of the East in time? Or will the Great Sage continue his dark reign atop his Mountain?