Wyatt is back at Camp Valor, but this time his formerly missing father is now in charge of the camp and his brother, Cody has come back with him to train. Wyatt burns with the need for revenge against Hallsy who killed his friend Dolly and The Old Man in the aftermath of destruction of the Glowworm Gaming Network, but he must put those desires aside as a cyberterrorist named Encyte has found a way to use technology to trick people into performing acts of terrorism. Once such victim is Jalen who unknowingly kills hundreds of people while he believes he is playing a video game. Wyatt finds a way to get Jalen into Camp Valor so that he can use his skills to make up for what he has done. All of this will depend on the new Secretary of Defense who may decide that Camp Valor is too dangerous to remain in operation.
The ending of The Trigger Mechanism is fairly predictable and suffers from too many conflicts and relationships to be satisfactorily addressed in one book. Several intriguing issues are raised and solved, but without delving into the emotional impact that they have on the main characters. Overall, The Trigger Mechanism is an action packed story that ties up the loose ends left at the end of Camp Valor. ( )