Josh is confused to discover that he’s been released from jail. As he tries to make sense of this, he quickly realizes that all is not as it seems in his world. A new nefarious plan is afoot and Josh is being pulled into it whether he likes it or not.

Wolf, ignoring warnings about the Pointed Circle, brings Josh to live outside his Clusternest. Tiger reaches a dead end in her quest for the TTD.

It’s the day of the MARS launch. Josh goes on a suicide mission to sneak into Stu’s upload machine to shut him down for good.