Lyra freed Themelios by keeping the Promise, but refused to stay and watch the chaos that ensued. Ten years on, nations that had banded together to battle the tyrannical Mistiros look to each other. Wartime leaders, eager to maintain the prestige gained in war, look at their old friends and see a means to prolong their power. Borders writhe on the map, citizens clamour for glory, and all the while the pados, followers of the Gods, sit in silence, humbly waiting for their patience to bear fruit. In the eye of this maelstrom, at the southern-most tip of the world, a mother struggles to keep her family together and her children safe. But nowhere on Themelios is safe from the return of the Gods.

Ivy grows up in the privileged and protected world of Cassir's Upper Reach. Cassir is an insulated kingdom devoid of magic and fearful of the world outside their borders. Her whole life is mapped out for her until the day she says no to the Captain of the King's Guard. His refusal to let her go destroys her family and sends her fleeing into exile to escape his grasp. In exile, Ivy makes friends among the countries poor and unknowingly sets herself on a path of magical discovery that will rock Cassir to its very foundations.

Adalyn is a Hunter; born and raised. Her raging alcoholic father, Denny, raised her to hate anything supernatural, especially Werewolves. All her life she has been taught to do as she says and to never question orders. In a blink of an eye the tables turn and soon nothing is the same. Once Adalyn discovers the truth she is forced to do what she can to make things right.

[Watty Awards Finalist 2013] The virus has begun. A deadly virus that destroys humanity. A virus that replaces the living with creatures that crave human flesh. As the human race dwindles, an unlikely group of young survivors battle against the odds to live. But what they're about to realise is that some things are even more dangerous than the creatures they face...themselves.