Prequel to "Phoenix From the Ashes." Deanna Hordye is a student of the Tensei-ryū, the martial arts school the Protector of All Life is the grandmaster of. When she and her twin sister are attacked a month after the Liberation, friends of hers — including metahuman students of the Tensei — gather together to aid the Hordye twins…and in doing so, bring the War Hawks home.