The Darkest Legacy

## Synopsis

Five years after the destruction of the so-called rehabilitation camps that imprisoned her and countless other psi people, seventeen-year-old Suzume (Zu) Kimura has assumed the role of spokesperson for the interim government, fighting for the rights of the psi people against a growing tide of misinformation and prejudice. But when she is accused of committing a horrifying act, she is forced to go on the run once more in order to stay alive.

Determined to clear her name, Zu finds herself in an uncomfortable alliance with Roman and Priyanka, two mysterious psi who could either help her prove her innocence or betray her before she gets the chance. But as they travel in search of safety and answers, and Zu grows closer to the people she knows she shouldn't trust, they uncover even darker things roiling beneath the veneer of the country's recovery. With her future-and the future of all Psi-on the line, Zu must use her powerful voice to fight back against forces that seek to drive the Psi into the shadows and save the friends who were once her protectors. As she travels around with her friends, she uncovers dark secrets which threatens all Psi...

## Plot

Zu, now seventeen years old, has become a spokesperson for the interim government. She believes she is fighting for the rights of psi people but is seen as a sellout by some of the psi. During her speech at the re-opening of a university, Zu is baited into using her powers publicly and framed for causing an explosion that leaves seven people dead. Priyanka Acharya and Roman Volkov attempt to help Zu escape. All three are kidnapped, but are able to escape their mysterious kidnappers together. Zu uses her powers to get them out of the situation.

She calls Charles (Chubs) Meriwether who tells Zu to find "a safe place". She realizes the code and she leads the two other teenagers to Haven. After discussing with some of the psi hiding at the place, a group of soldiers including Lana Volkov attack the place. Zu is confused when Lana starts using her powers. Since Lana was a limit, Zu temporarily loses her powers and is shaken up by it. The soldiers eventually leaves and Zu has to calm down Owen, who had been apart of Project Jamboree and the attack had sent him into a flashback.

Zu, Roman and Priyanka leave and as they drive they hear that Joseph Moore, a member of the Liberty Watch party who was running for the presidency position, plane had exploded. He claimed that Zu was now the leader a psi terrorist organization called the Psion Ring. The three visit Clancy Gray, who was staying in South Carolina under an assumed name. Clancy tells Roman and Zu about how Ruby Daly visited him from time to time and gives the pair a hint to find Ruby. Thanks to Clancy's hint they track down a possible lead to Athen's, Georgia. The house that they track down has several servers in it.

The server starts up and starts deleting files. Priyanka uses her powers in an attempt to stop the deletion of the files, but she passes out. Roman sends Zu to get her medicine, and while Zu is distracted, Lana sneaks into the house. Zu felt around and found out that Lana wasn't alone. She used her abilities to take out the soldiers who had been outside. Lana tells Zu about the fact that she, Roman and Priyanka had been apart of blue star. Lana eventually leaves, and Zu is able to take the three of them away.

When Zu finally stops, Roman fills in what happened with what Gregory Mercer and Jonathan Wendall did to them. He also admits that he and Priyanka had gone to the rally to talk with her, as well as theorizing that Blue Ring Was probably behind the bombing. He also theorized that Psion Ring didn't exist since Mercer never found anything relating to the group.

## Characters

* Roman
* Priyanka
* Ruby Daly
* Charles (Chubs) Meriwether
* Vida
* Suzume (Zu) Kimura
* Clancy Gray
* Liam Stewart