When Malak, the lead scientist and mentor of the Nationals home world, is suspiciously murdered, it is up to his best friend and bonding pair, Ari, to not only carry on his legacy, but the legacy of those who Malak has mentored … even if it costs her very own life. Meanwhile, all is not well on Ari’s home world. War is brewing. The Leadership in power are obsessed with an invasion from the stars above. Despite offers of peace from the aliens, the Leadership prepares for the worst, as their ominous arrival looms. Resource shortages and civil unrest plague all the Districts around the planet, as people embrace fear over the original principles that once guided the Nationals in becoming a strong people. Can they still Survive and Flourish, Innovate and Invent, Grow and Evolve? Or does everything have to get much worse before it can get any better