When another enhanced human, Mark Wright, unexpectedly shows up at the Agency, Alpha One discovers that they still aren't done with Slug's machinations and levels of planning: Wright is there for Omega, and the NEXT generation of assassins will be GENETICALLY programmed to kill Echo! Thus begins a bizarre, inverted manhunt as the telepathically-brainwashed Wright chases Alpha One across the planet, using the pre-programmed mental link that Omega can't fully block, to follow her anywhere Echo can take her...