Book Two of the Freelancer Saga, taking place after the events of Phase One: Genesis, as Project Freelancer is forced to regroup after suffering a severe blow, and the Freelancers find that they are not the same people they once were. Meanwhile, a new force is rising, determined to bring down both Project Freelancer and the UNSC. Who will emerge victorious, and at what cost?

"To have died once is enough." Virgil (Tracer catches her newest teammate in a rare moment of reflection. Reaper wants the ever-optimistic British woman to leave him alone as he wallows in his misery, but of course the time-traveling Overwatch agent won't leave well enough alone.)

The heroes and villains of Overwatch find themselves awakening in a dire situation; locked in a dark strange room as they awaken in pairs. Can they set aside their differences and work together to escape the trap; or will their hatred of each other prove to be their undoing? Only time will tell.

Overwatch set up an operation as a wild attempt to convert Widowmaker and Reaper to the good side. Everyone has a soft spot somewhere, this part was true. Who that soft spot was, was where Overwatch was wrong. Soon-to-be fluffly romance. WidowTracer, MercyReaper.

The Dawn never found Requiem. Cortana is forced to make a great sacrifice, leaving the Master Chief alone in space. Hundreds of years later, the wreck is discovered on the fringes of inhabited space by bounty huntress Samus Aran. What she finds inside is neither man nor machine, but either way, it is broken... and yet it is strong. Part 1 in a trilogy. Complete, awaiting Part 2.