Plot

Campion is hurt meeting the serpent. The Trust tasks the collective with hunting #7 down. Mother must reconcile her feelings. Convinced the serpent will lead him to the Tree of Knowledge, Marcus sets out to find it before the atheists do.

After Campion is hurt during his first encounter with the serpent, Mother must reconcile her feelings for her natural child as the collective is ordered by the Trust to hunt it down. Marcus comes to believe the serpent will help him find the Tree of Knowledge and sets off to find it before the atheists do.—robetsonian