RAIN FEVER - BOOK TWO A repressed strife over the plan to escape the Macintosh Government and find a permanent home to settle in, breaks out among the Undertakers. Argon, the second man in charge, plots to murder his brother Hunter Manton and take his place as the leader of the Undertakers. Carla Silsby makes an attempt to contact her sister Tamara in Baltimore. She learns that the government is planning a preemptive strike on the Undertakers and their hideout on the remote moon Maroon X, where she's being held as a captive. Meanwhile, an accident occurs in the gold mine the Undertakers are mining, taking lives of five men. Argon attacks Hunter, blaming him for their deaths. When Hunter returns to the cave injured from his fight with Argon, Carla learns that the poles of power and order within the group are shifting, making her safety questionable. The emotionally charged situation culminates in Carla and Hunter revealing their feelings for one another and becoming lovers. In the meantime, her father William Silsby III, establishes a connection between Carla's disappearance and her argument with her ex-fianc?, Perry. He tracks Perry down and pays him an unexpected visit that culminates in a heated discussion and ends with blood on William's hands.