Seventeen-year-old Valieri Fiero must flee for her life when her peaceful farming village is destroyed by the City, her clan's powerful yet mysterious rulers. Haunted by the deaths of her parents and her older sister's disappearance, Valieri must learn to survive on her own when she is captured by the Grakkir, a forest-dwelling Warrior race with rumored abilities to control god-like beasts.The more time she spends in their world, built upon a foundation of strength and honor, the more lies she discovers about her own world and the City she once revered. But a fiery secret runs through her veins. Will she be able to harness this power and find her sister, or will the City stand in her way?