Die. Respawn. Repeat

Every time he dies, Ethan gains a little more power. Earth was chosen for Integration, but Ethan Hill knows from the second his Trial begins that the Integration is a lie. The beings giving Earth access to their System Interface want something from humanity — he just doesn't know what. Now he's trapped on an alien planet and lost in a time loop, fighting for strength and for his own humanity. He'll die as many times as it takes to tear it all down.

Ethan has built a base of power, but he isn't the only one with access to the Interface. An attempt to find friends lost in time ends with him matching wits against She-Who-Whispers — a Trialgoer who long since beat her Trial and now controls every aspect of life in her perfect, crystalline city of Isthanok. She hears everything, controls every action. That perfection is threatened only by a handful of rebels — and now by Ethan, who sees her perfectionism for what it really is: an extension of the Integrators and their control. Whisper has power on her side. Ethan has time.

Disaster has been averted — for now. Earth is still in danger, and the Integration marches onward. Yet Ethan is stronger than ever, on the cusp of grasping skills that can disrupt the flow of time itself. The Empty City looms ahead, holding answers to both the nature of Firmament and the purpose of Integration. New forces are emerging — some eager for revenge, others vying for control. They'll soon learn that Ethan Hill is a force unto himself, and he no longer fights alone.

The end of the world, and only a few loops left to stop it. Ethan Hill now wields both the Interface and the power of Firmament like no one else, carrying friends and allies to new heights. But time itself is tearing apart under the strain of the loops. Rifts are opening into the past, bringing terrible danger — and the Sunken King has begun to awaken, hungry to swallow the galaxy whole. With danger comes opportunity. The past may hold the answers to end this once and for all, and that word "impossible" has never stopped Ethan Hill.