Nolan took a desperate step… Now he is among the Guardians—enemies of his own family—inside the Supreme Council. He swore to help them find all the Heirs of animoxes, and in return they won’t harm his brother Simon and his relatives. Together with the Council, Nolan flies to Australia, but he doesn’t know that Simon is already there. Simon has a list of chosen ones, and he has no intention of sitting idly by. And when fate brings them face to face, each of them will have to make a choice—perhaps the hardest choice of their lives—in order to save the innocent…