The quest for answers continues, as Esau, Seneca, Attar, and Crow flee from the vicious pursuit of Scarak and his ape soldiers. When they make a stand in a snowy forest, all seems lost as one of them is severely wounded and left for dead, and the others are quickly outnumbered. A mysterious forest legend, a warrior in black armor, may provide a rescue...but will he be saving our heroes for a worse fate? The "Bloodlines" story arc begins here, as new Apes co-writer Dan Abnett (Legion Lost) joins the team and unearths even more bone-chilling mysteries!