With the remainder of humanity in chains, Shasta keeps her head down and tries to weather the storm. Servicing the filthy needs of a superior alien race, each day passes in a blur, the struggle to survive outweighing everything else. After ten years of captivity, Shasta feels hopeless and acts as nothing more than a mere object to her captors. But fate is fickle and a new conqueror rises, whisking her from one world of subjugation to another. In the midst of this desolation, something unexpected ignites, when she meets a high-ranking, elite alien warrior known in his ranks as the Destroyer .