“Had you just done your part and stayed home none of this would have happened.” This is a question that Gabriel will play over and over again in his head as he watches everything he’s ever known crash before his eyes. Just days after being let out of the castle, Gabriel attempts to absorb all the information about the outside world he can. Unfortunately, that quickly becomes too much for him to handle. Civil war, Machiavellian schemes, and merciless slaughter are all jammed into his face almost instantly. And on top of all of these trauma inducing events, Gabriel has to handle the terror of being a hormonal, teenage boy.