When Morda is chased by a pack of wolves into the arms of Ben Harlow, she finds herself in the world that she had always dismissed, the world her mother insisted existed; the world of the supernatural. Morda must learn to navigate this new world and to find her place in it, whether that be alongside Ben or standing on her own. But both Morda and Ben are in danger. Hunted for different reasons, they must figure out themselves and one another in order to survive and avoid the predators that lurk in the woods. Predators like the mysterious silver man who may have more to offer Morda than she first thinks.

A jolt. A small hitch in the rhythmic beating of my heart. Dèjà vu didn't even begin to describe it. ... My heart stopped, my breath jostled forward, shock rippling through my system. It happened again. For a few precious seconds my mind froze up and, together with my body, went into a complete lockdown. It was the same each time I saw him.

... for a moment I thought that everything was back to normal, that I was okay. But then it came crashing down on me. Blood was valuable. Blood was life. The loss of blood had a price. A high one.

They are born in the darkness, and they own it like no one else. Anna Johnson stays clear of vampires. She knows what they are capable of. As a witch of the air she is working for the Circle as a researcher, closing her eyes to that which lies in her past. Until one phone call changes everything.