In the fourth novel in Anne Bishop's New York Times bestselling
series, the Others will need to decide how much humanity they're willing
to tolerate--both within themselves and their community...
Since the Others allied themselves with the cassandra sangue, the
fragile yet powerful human blood prophets who were being exploited by
their own kind, the dynamic between humans and Others has changed. Some,
such as Simon Wolfgard, wolf shifter and leader of the Lakeside
Courtyard, and blood prophet Meg Corbyn see the closer companionship as
beneficial.
But not everyone is convinced. A group of radical humans is seeking to
usurp land through a series of violent attacks on the Others. What they
don't realize is that there are older and more dangerous forces than
shifters and vampires protecting the land--and those forces are willing
to do whatever is necessary to safeguard what is theirs...