Human-like, but not human, the demon nara ruled Tanyrin. Not until the coming of Arami Lothlain, the first human King of Tanyrin and Blessed of Loth, did the naran scourge come to an end. Now, after centuries of peace, Tanyrin is again threatened. Famine and fear stalk the land. Tanyrin's drug-addicted king turns a blind eye to the ambitious Church of Loth whose Hunters scour the land in search of the nara's half-blood descendants. The king's brother will do whatever he must to save Tanyrin, even if it means bringing back naran sorcery. He turns to his best friend, Michael Arranz, whose naran blood is the purest in Tanyrin. For Michael to become one of the long-vanished naragi, he needs a human conduit – the only way for a naragi to absorb the power of the Dark Stream. He needs a cethe and the only one available is young Stefn Eldering, the son of a Hunter and his family's most hated enemy.