خلاصه داستان : اکنون که بخش عمده‌ای از نقص‌های دنیا به دستور رهبر حاکم برداشته شده است، دنیای جدید همراه با صلح درانتظار مردم است. اما همه معادلات وقتی بهم می‌خورد که یک سرباز دچار فراموشی می‌شود و کم کم به این فکر می‌کند حقیقت واقعی چیست و چه چیزی واقعا درست است....

Now that the bulk of Defiants have either vanished in "The Taking" or been found and executed by order of the Sovereign Leader, the New World has finally come to know true peace. But when a young New World soldier's amnesia begins to wear off, the real truth about where he came from begins to unravel, and the real truth about what the world has become begins to unravel with it. When framed for the murder of the Sovereign Leader, this young soldier must now choose who he is: A51-317, Sovereign Soldier of the New World, or Paul Wooden, Defiant. He must choose whether he can still embrace the New World knowing what he knows now or if he must shift his allegiance. He must choose what he knows for sure. The choice is his: will he be Defiant?