Surviving the slaughter carried out by the Gardeners during the graduation test, Anton regains the surname Bazhov. Moscow learns about the revival of the clan of the “Green-Eyed Beasts,” but its only representative isn’t up for political games. Not only did the ritual he underwent fuse the two cores of his source into a new element—“liquid fire,” but they also threw him into a team with other “generation geniuses.” And they assigned him a mentor who promised to drive them until death—but then make them the very best of the best across the whole polis.