With thousands dead after the Triskelian massacre, Eli and Sabine flee with the survivors Days later Seth is rescued from the rubble and discovers that people think the ambush was his fault - so he goes into exile. As the devastated Triskelian survivors recuperate at a safe mountain retreat, Seth finds his way to the wretched city of Triban and begins amassing an army of orphan boys and children from the street.When the time is right, and difficult decisions made, he and his child soliders will fight the war that will topple the Keys once and for all - and prove to Triskelia that the massacre wasn't his fault.