Stanton and Detective Baker investigate ties between Manhattan’s most elite Wall Street traders, the Confederacy, and Booth.

The hunt expands to Québec, where a nest of Confederate spies and expats reorganize. Booth is taken underground in Maryland.

President Johnson interferes with Lincoln’s vital plans. Stanton’s health deteriorates as he closes in on Booth.

Tinasha leaves Farsas to defect to Cuscull at Lanak’s side. Something about her actions, however, don’t quite add up, which does not escape the notice of Cuscull’s chief mage.

President Lincoln is assassinated five days after the Civil War ends. Edwin Stanton, his right-hand man, finds himself at the aftermath’s forefront.