Markal, a mysterious teenager, wakes up in a Kuoh hospital with memories clouded by trauma and survival. He may look ordinary, but he alone knows he's anything but human. He's different now. Changed by something dark within him, something that hungers-not just to consume, but to become.
When a girl unexpectedly asks him out, it seems like a chance for normalcy, but the night quickly takes a deadly twist. She tries to eliminate him. But Markal's instinct for survival runs deeper than she realizes. In one swift, chilling moment, he absorbs her completely, adding her knowledge, her memories, her powers. And with this assimilation, he uncovers a secret world teeming with supernatural power-a world that, to him, is ripe for the taking.