No one who enters the Council chambers leaves it alive.25,000 feet (7,620 meters) above the Gulf of Mexico floats Elementōrum Patriam, the eighth continent for the elementalist people, where the seven-member Council rules. Those born with the elementalist gene mutation are taken to Elementōrum Patriam, but if they can't control one of the seven elements, they are killed.Nineteen-year-old Ethan Silverspoon knows the fate that awaits him when he doesn't pass ...

The Nine Elements are Restored.The number of enemies against the Council and Elementōrum Patriam grows. Tyr Slattery advances his cult following under the name HISS and brings the genocide of the elementalists closer to reality. His plans for building an experimentation facility, rounding elementalists into ghettos, and destroying harbor cities is succeeding.Mason Ford and Ryan Everton are put on the front lines to face their children. Despite their desire t...