The novel takes place in a world that is supposedly at peace. The Breach is closed, the Kaiju are gone, and humanity is rebuilding. However, the Pan Pacific Defense Corps remains active, anticipating that the alien Precursors might one day find a way back.

: One controversial point in the novel is its treatment of original protagonist Raleigh Becket , whose absence in the sequel is partially explained through events in this story.

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Set ten years after the first Kaiju War, the story follows two new cadets, and Viktoriya "Vik" Malikova , as they join the elite Jaeger Academy at the Moyulan Shatterdome.