They have always been among us. An ancient, nature-loving competition, the Nahan possess protected their key world by cultivating the misconceptions of fanged, bloodsucking monsters that haunt legends. Yet they walk through the world as our coworkers and our neighbours, hiding in simple sight and coexisting in tranquility. They survive…and they prosper. A timid youthful dreamer, Tomas wanders through his lifestyle with help from his friends and important family on the ruling Council. Today, he’s determined his future lies using the Nahan’s most elite course: the strange Storytellers. But his family members is troubled by his fresh choice-and by his brand-new girlfriend, Stell, a wild, beautiful, and fatal outcast from a fanatical Nahan sect. As Tomas descends in to the dark miracles from the Nahan’s most powerful tradition, Stell answers her personal calling as a fantastic assassin. But when a lethal conspiracy threatens their destinies, Tomas and Stell must unite their exceptional abilities against the strongest-and most sinister-of their kind.