In the Changed World, life is cheap, fertile women are valuable, and children are priceless. A cosmic disruption in time tore the bonds of history apart, leaving a world of hardship, ruled by the survival of the fittest. After the near genocide of her people, Ivy is captured and brutally assaulted. Her daughter is stolen, and she despairs. Duran, a fellow mercenary, shows Ivy there is hope beyond rage, love beyond hatred.... But will Ivy's thirst for vengeance destroy everything they have together? Can she save her daughter without losing herself...or the man she has come to love?