When Kali is freed from years of captivity, she discovers her rescuer--an unpredictable Alpha wolf--isn't letting her go. Not until she pays a price. For five years, Kali has been used as a pawn in a supernatural war. With her family dead and her home destroyed, there's only one thing she yearns for: freedom. Cyrus is trapped. As the son of an Alpha, he's expected to inherit control of his pack when his father dies. But his father has been missing for months, and no one knows whether he's dead or alive. The last thing Cyrus wants is to lead the pack, but until his father returns, he's stuck in the position. When Cyrus captures Kali from his enemies, he makes her a deal: use her powers to find his father, and he'll set her free. But when Cyrus realizes Kali may be his mate, their straight-forward deal becomes anything but simple.

A teenage wizard burdened with a mysterious destiny, a cat-girl ninja he can't help but fall for, and a bat-winged daemon that doubles as a diary embark on a dangerous journey in a world teeming with monsters and magic.

Most Rhoecian children lookup to knights and legends of old but fifteen year old Hans, with his strong sense of justice and open empathy, admires the warriors that the citizens deem as cursed, the peace-keepers called Executioners, particularly the high-ranking member nicknamed Bellona the War Goddess. Though far from being bloodthirsty, Hans is ecstatic when he is assigned as his hero's apprentice but will soon find out what about his country of Rhoez and heroes have been hidden from his sheltered life. The number one rule about being an Executioner: take no prisoners...just their heads.

The five cities of man surround the Sea of Dekatos. The ancient city-states are filled with towers, stone pyramids, soaring catwalks, arching bridges and jade castles. The bronze age men and women fight, love, war and conquer against the backdrop of five massive, sprawling cities. Char, city of chariots, deploys her army in the nearby deserts. In Yang, where nightly winds blow in gusts of hot sand, they raise an army of heavily armored footmen. Bowmen of Lau Cing, with copper weapons and bronze chainmail, train to fight even during heavy desert storms. Formations of swordsmen pour from the pagoda's of Hecai while Anshi fields a legion of grim, dedicated female warriors. The city-states wage constant war until a new enemy threatens. Blue scaled aquatics rise from the sea, water streaming from their iridescent scales, and the five cities face a new and more terrible enemy.