Fractured Horizon

In the final episode of Fractured Horizon the Adams and Royals see their fates come to pass as they always must. The world reassumes the form it would have had if the Royals had not distorted events. But Dante takes his vengence and Denim decides the course of the Snakes. Includes a brief epilogue.

The Adams invade the palace. Keats races to find his brother. Kay takes a team to secure the tunnel to the spaceport.

The start of the final section. Kay delivers herself into the hands of the Royals. Nudev's stunning ultimate plan is revealed. Kay stops wishing, and starts taking action. Embrace the final inevitable war!

Nudev forms an alliance. Kay ends the Strategist's battle by revealing the Adams's dire situation and a challenge from Orlando is gladly accepted. This is the end of Section 3.

Finished with battle, the returning bioengineered Adams discover that a death blow has been dealt to their kind. Nudev argues with His Majesty Orlando over sinister plans.

Kay returns to the Adam Stronghold with the Snakes and demands a place. The Royals and Adams engage in open warfare around the Stronghold. Kay must question the motives of her friends.

Nudev leaves the Stronghold without sharing her prescient knowledge with Kay. Left on her own, Kay seeks new ways to change the Strategists' plans but more experienced plotters trick Kay into breaking a taboo.

Kay returns to the Adams Stronghold and plots like a Strategist. Penelope, Boyle, and Keats wrestle with issues of their own, revealing deep cracks in Adam society. Kay is painfully reunited with Nudev.

This is the start of Volume 3. Kay returns to the Adams and sees that they are reaching the edge of desperation. She finally meets the Snakes, but not under the best circumstances!