Old allies become mortal enemies in a war between pure logic and emotion. John Cannon was once a ruthless killing machine. The Elder Knight for the Kingdom of Novus--a new world where emotions had been eradicated by an implant, and everything that created perceived "inequality" between citizens of Novus was confiscated and destroyed. But John Cannon became a Traitor and killed the King, and rebels destroyed the emitters to the implants, allowing the people of Novus to experience emotion again. Now, John is learning to navigate this foreign territory with the help of these rebels, and to raise his children in a more "human" way than he's ever known, all the while trying to salvage remnants of the world that existed before. But not everyone is content with sailing the rough seas of these newfound emotions. What happens when the other former Knights of Novus decide that they want nothing more than to go back to the implant and erase all emotion, as well as the old world, forever?