Caspian must convince Maddie to bring David's upload backonline in order to crack integrity; Ellen reveals a secret toCongress that could bring Logorhythms down; Pope works in theshadows to finish the mission he helped start.
Maddie meets a family member she didn't know existed: Caspianand Maddie meet an uploaded astronaut and her family on earth;Renee helps Holstrom break free of his hard drive.
Maddie and Mist try to find and rescue Caspian, who is heldhostage until he promises to cure his captor; Ellen and Waxmanlearn of a plan to destroy humanity from the unlikeliest place.
Caspian wakes up to a new world twenty years in the futurewhere the conflict between uploaded intelligences and humans isat a breaking point. The world needs him now more than ever.