It's been ten years since the Battle of the Black House. The Tournament has grown beyond anyone's wildest dreams - with dozens of teams, hundreds of players, and millions of fans worldwide. Every year more teams are added to this global gunfight, and every year the original eight teams get older and a step slower. Ellie Willmore and Team Blue wonder if each passing Tournament might be their last. What they don't know is that this time, someone plans to make sure of it. A mysterious figure who calls himself the Gardner has his sights set on rigging the Tournament and hand-picking the winners,...

When a strange epidemic of sleepwalking strikes the kids of Baltimore, only has-been psychiatrist Gordon Pope understands the truth of what is happening. The problem is, Gordon lost all of his self-confidence and the lion's share of his client list in his divorce. Now he can't seem to get anyone to listen. As the epidemic grows, Gordon unearths clues with disturbing parallels to his own childhood and quickly comes to realize that if he can't stop it, and soon, the consequences will be disastrous.