Sasha Marion is a suburban teenager in the East coast's American Federation. To all eyes she is a normal high school senior. But, secretly, Sasha has become enthralled with the 'Heavenly Kingdom', a group of a Christian militias trying to conquer the Republic of Texas. While everyone else prepares to graduate, she plans to flee her home and join it. As an alliance of Christian Dominionist militias invade Dallas, Manny is forced to get himself, and his journalist, to safety. Roland catches up with an old friend and gets offered a job.