Chloe Burke has nightmares of a world burned to ash and the strange boy who saves them both.Underneath the dreams lurks a deeply buried reality; Chloe and a handful of others are survivors of a decade old apocalypse that burned their home world to the ground.Now their ancient enemies hunt them again. To keep their adopted world safe, Chloe must undergo a ritual of blood sacrifice that will have life-long consequences if she survives. Her lethal protector, Eliot Gray, must keep her alive long enough to do it.Together they will uncover even more dangerous secrets buried in the past's deepest, darkest ashes.