Secrets... lies... murder. How far would you go for answers? Owen may be about to find out the answer to that question. At the tender age of five, his family and friends were torn from his life, murdered because they were thought to be part of a growing rebellion. Alec, one of the men ordered to kill them, instead chose to save him, and raised him as his own. Now, twelve years later, much has changed. Owen has chosen to lead the life of a thief, quietly opposing the leaders of the city. When a new thief enters the game, however, his life takes a sudden turn, and old questions unanswered arise. Who exactly had ordered his family, and others, killed? And why?

I am a vampire. I know nothing of my past, but intend to create a new future. I have no sympathy for mere humans; their weaknesses engulf them in an illusion entirely of their own making. I relish their screams; I live off their blood. But something is lurking in the dark. Something more deadly and terrifying than anyone has seen before. It could be my undoing. Humans fear me. I fear the Ashkins.