Hidden away in northern China is the Preserve, a walled-off compound where the Nine Families have secreted away the world's deadliest cryptozoological creatures. Grahame and Jason venture inside to search for a clue to the origin of the Mothmen, but learning the truth is only the first step. Then, they'll have to escape alive. Elsewhere, Bela shines a bright light on the Cryptocracy, sparking her followers to war.