New from the New York Times bestselling author of A Taint in
the Blood. Adrian Brézé defied his own dark heritage as a
near-purebred Shadowspawn for years, until his power-hungry
sister Adrienne kidnapped his human lover Ellen. Now,
Adrienne is dead, and the Council of Shadows is gathering
its strength. To stop the Council from launching an
apocalypse, Adrian and Ellen must ally with the Brotherhood,
a resistance group dedicated to breaking the Council's hold
on humankind...by any means necessary. In the coming
confrontation, Adrian must fight not only the members of the
Council but also his own nature-and, as he will come to
suspect, traitors within the Brotherhood itself...