Connell, O’Doyle, Lybrand and the others just endured a grueling, savage fight for life against the original occupants of the Picture Cavern. Deep in another part of the tunnel complex, Angus Kool and Randy Wright were dissecting a silverbug, trying to learn what technological secrets might be inside. And up on the surface, Kayla Meyers is ready to parlay the unimaginable discovery of the Funeral Mountain horrors into a shot at redemption, a shot at getting back her position in the National Security Agency. Will she once again represent the USA?