Fade is supposed to be saving the world. But for a Raker—one of humanity's chosen protectors set up by a god-like alien—the job mostly means mundane tasks like messing up meetings and breaking fewer knees. All that changes when a devastating bombing exposes the Rakers and the clandestine war they fight. Suddenly, Fade, a savvy fixer and skilled street fighter, and his mentor Eve are thrust onto center stage. They become the prime targets for many, including Lode, a deadly former Raker consumed by revenge and a thirst for power.
The chaos Fade and Eve tried to prevent has arrived, forcing them to consider retreat to the Grove, a magnificent palace that restores Rakers to perfect health. But even retreat offers no safety, as the supreme alien deity, the Gardener, decrees that humanity has deviated too far and must be annihilated in a "cleansing". Worse still, Fade’s own daughter, Jaycee, traumatized by violence, rejects her ordinary life in a desperate bid to join the Raker game that puts her at risk.
Hunted by a global military apparatus, manipulated by powerful rivals like Veronica Pline and Alec Navarro, and pursued by hostile alien Rakers tasked with destroying Earth, Fade realizes saving the world demands far more than routine cleanup. With his enemies planning to invade the Grove and the Gardener preparing to eradicate humanity itself, Fade must navigate a battlefield filled with cosmic threats, high-tech espionage, and deep personal betrayal. The stakes are absolute: if Fade fails to stop the escalating war and find his missing daughter, the existence of humankind—and the fragile, miraculous Grove—will be laid to waste.
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