A thirteen year-old girl in a futuristic setting after a year of rigorous cult programming and systematic abuse at the hands of a brutal paramilitary organization finds herself installed as a deity representing the embodiment of chemical and radiological warfare in a disease-ridden DMZ-type border area between the paramilitary organization with whom she enlisted and the gateway to areas of unknown nuclear-war devastated territories from which she came. In the sequel to the narrative that began with IRON GATES, this volume descends deeper into the cult of the commandant - its myriad conspiracies, layered agendas and internal practices - as well as a revealing of the hitherto secret origin points of the organization and the hideous despots at its helm. Contains extreme graphic content.