Stunned, she leaves the group's compound and is picked up by Augur, another former student, and the only man who can protect her. With the Taelon's gunning for the would-be assassin, and the splinter group aiming to wipe out a liability, it's up to Augur to keep his favorite teacher alive long enough to get her in the clear -- something that will take all of his cunning and skill, and may just cripple the Resistance in the doing....