When she was seven, a horrific fey attack killed Donna Underwoods father and drove her mother mad.Her own fatal injures were fixed by alchemy-- the iron tattoos branding her arms and hands. Now seventeen,Donna feels like a freak, doomed by the magical heritage that destroyed her parents and any chance for her to have a normal life.Only her relationship with her bestfriend, Navin,is keeping her sane. But when vicious wood elves abduct Navin,Donna is forced to accept her role of centuries-old war between human alchemists and these darkest outcasts of Faerie. Assisted by Xan,a goegous guy with farey blood running through his veins and secrets of his own,Donna races to save Navin,even if it means betraying everything her parents fought to the death to protect.