The Beladors finally have a fierce leader in Daegan, their new dragon king. But life is normally far from secure now that they’ve inherited his enemies.

Quinn, Evalle, Surprise, and friends race to stop a group of vigilantes eliminating nonhumans before the preternatural globe erupts into war if indeed they can’t prove Beladors aren’t guilty of the crimes. The team quickly discovers someone is wanting to turn the complete VIPER preternatural coalition against the Beladors, but who? Or is usually this all about setting a more elaborate trap for Daegan, whose very presence threatens the effective beings in charge? Having a deadline looming for Quinn at hand Kizira’s body to the one person he’s risked his life to keep it from, he discovers more than one deadly being is normally vying for this and they wish a war.

Freedom is never free, not when the powerful gods and goddesses poised to choose Quinn’s fate may also be willing to join forces to destroy a danger with their existence-the last dragon-shifter.