Following Huey Laforet's escape from prison, New York city plunges into turmoil-especially at Firo's casino. But things take a turn for the unexpected when a suspicious figure from the Runorata Family shows up at the establishment... Meanwhile, the alchemists begin to set their own agenda into motion. Why are they converging on New York? Where will Nader's path take him next? And what does the assassin Vino have to do with all this?