Mali and Tessa have lived hundreds of different lives throughout time, caught up in an eternal cycle as they take part in a war so old that neither side remembers what they're fighting for anymore. As Mali wakes up in her newest life, she suddenly becomes self-aware and starts to question everything, especially why she continues to fight. But elsewhere, Tessa is already on the hunt...
Tessa arrives in Kansas City looking for Mali, but instead finds Lorena, Mali's reincarnated stepfather in the body of a 10-year-old girl who is also a Soldier and ready for battle.