J. Everett Bettis concludes the first volume of the Children of the Skies trilogy. Our planet is on the verge of an apocalyptic world war. Governments are falling, families are dividing and hope has dissipated around the globe. There is a growing movement of humans uniting against the Shifts. Concentration camps are emerging and the people are rallying behind a sociopath, Zaccarie Lorenz. A resistance is dawning in the darkness. The Shifts have grown weary of their miserable treatment and afflictions at the hands of mankind. Humans are now living in absolute terror, they search amongst their neighborhoods, friends and homes for Shifts who may be hiding amongst them. Zaccarie sells himself as the savior of humanity, but uses our fears to implement the ultimate strategy… a one world order. The civil war has only just begun. The future of the human race is at stake with Maximus and his team struggling to survive the Iron Clan's relentless assault. Slowly, the pieces are being assembled and carefully moved into place. What is the missing link? Will mankind survive the next move? Can anyone or anything prevent Zaccarie from achieving his ultimate goal or is the decimation of our species inevitable?