Sam heads to Japan with Tobias to meet the next Dreamer, a famous professional gamer. While at a tournament in Tokyo, Stella arrives forcing Sam and Dreamer number nine to take extreme evasive action. As ever, Solaris is on the scene in a flash...Meanwhile, Alex and Shiva are captive in Shiva's New York apartment after being fitted with wrist bombs that will detonate if they attempt to escape, and Eva learns how participating in the Four Corners competition will help discover Solaris's location, and where he is keeping the Gears he has stolen from them. Sam must find the last 13. Our fate lies with them alone.