Katelyn Shine's and Johnny Sol's ideologies are unstoppable. They get what they want when they want it. Their enemies will stop at nothing to keep the pair from achieving the most potent philosophical maneuvers known. Katelyn and Johnny must master their devastating philosophy or die meaninglessly. However, Katelyn Shine is missing. Johnny knows the reason why but cannot accept it. He ventures to New Honolulu, the city where Katelyn became an initiate of this dangerous philosophy, to begin his search for her. To succeed, Johnny must go through Katelyn's old friends, the fire-poets, as well as confront the leader of a group called the Dualists, deadly foes he doesn't know exist.