Second Son takes place in 2016, seven years after the events in New Marais, and the death

of hero Conduit, Cole MacGrath. In the events after Cole's death, the Department of Unified Protection is formed to hunt down and capture the remainin g Conduits, now dubbed "Bio-terrorists," by any means necessary.[2] The protagonist is Delsin Rowe, a graffiti artist as well as his tribe's local d elinquent. His brother, Reggie, is the local sheriff, and often ends up having t o arrest Delsin for his acts of vandalism. Both are Akomish Native Americans, wh ose territory lies at the shore of the state of Washington. The antagonist is Br ooke Augustine, the director of the D.U.P. and a Conduit with power over concret e. Her actions in the Akomish reserve drive Delsin to travel to Seattle, now und er lockdown by the D.U.P. Delsin and Reggie encounter three other Conduits: Henr y "Hank" Daughtry, a convict with control over smoke; Abigail "Fetch" Walker, an ex-junkie who uses her neon powers to dismantle the illegal drug trade in Seatt le; and Eugene Sims, a reclusive video gamer who uses his video (digital materia lization) powers to save suspected Conduits from the D.U.P.