After being torn apart by the Pioneers Morgan's group is not dispensed across their far-reaching settlements, with life behind the Pioneers' walls testing each of the group's members in different ways, and forcing them to define who they really are in this new world. As Morgan's bid to free the remaining members of the group grows bolder, Virginia's desperation to find her sister accelerates, as does her need to protect the settlements from the enemy forces outside, and within. With new alliances forming, relationships dissolving, loyalties switching, and everyone forced to take sides, 'The End is the Beginning' reveals its deepest meaning.