Settling into life after The Event and saving Fiona Singh from the hands of actual murderous mercenaries is harder than former astronaut Valentina "Val" Resnick-Baker thought it would be. With the public eye now on her, Val finds herself the topic of far too many conversations that she didn't sign up for. Worse still, there's someone out there testing Val's enhanced abilities and putting innocent people in the cross fire. Looks like normalcy will have to wait a while.