Seyonne is a man waiting to die. He has been a slave for 16 years,
almost half his life, and has lost everything of meaning to him: his
dignity, the people and homeland he loves, and the Warden's power he
used to defend an unsuspecting world from the ravages of demons. Seyonne
has made peace with his fate. With strict self-discipline he forces
himself to exist only in the present moment and to avoid the pain of
hope or caring about anyone. But from the moment he is sold to the
arrogant, careless Prince Aleksander, the heir to the Derzhi Empire,
Seyonne's uneasy peace begins to crumble. And when he discovers a demon
lurking in the Derzhi court, he must find hope and strength in a most
unlikely place....