Sometimes, one must choose between family and country. For Anastasia, it should be an easy task, but when she learns of the family secret that has kept the Imperial Realm at war for centuries, she must decide who's side she's truly on, once and for all.

Mystery shrouds the true origin of the Black Plague. Some say that the rats of merchant's ships caused their downfall. Others claim that it was a warning from God; repent and turn to the way everlasting. But few know the truth, and its origins are much more sinister than most realize. Gemma Beckett is an abomination- a powerful and important girl, but an abomination all the same. She claims to be divine, but death follows her like the plague. Wylatt Baker is angry - a boy who is tired of his place in the world, and is ready to watch it all burn. He's been ready since the day he was born, and knows there's no turning back.