"During the days of the refilling of Earth with humans, the Fathers of the Race awoke..." Special Agent Sean Murphy is tired. After nearly 1500 years of violence and death, he simply wants to resign from the Agency and return to traveling the world. His daughter, Abigail, is all for that. But on Sean’s last day of work before officially retiring, he is given a “too-good-to-resist” job offer by the Board of Directors: a one year extension on his contract, along with a huge promotion. After careful but quick consideration, and over Abigail’s very heated protests, he accepts. Shortly thereafter, he is forced into an assignment: head up a team and move to the West Coast to investigate reports of mysterious deaths in Oregon. When the assigned “team” is made up of primarily young agents with no field experience, Sean believes the assignment is nothing more than a babysitting job designed to remove him from headquarters. Despite his strong misgiving, his instincts tell him to accept the assignment and make the best of it, providing excellent training for young agents. Sean begins their training, and then leaves on a trip to the West Coast… ostensibly to buy a house and prepare for his upcoming mission, but also to scout a disturbing situation for his mentor John, one of the Directors of the Agency.