USA Today bestselling author Thea Harrison begins an all-new, darkly romantic paranormal saga, in which the fate of existence itself lies in the balance—and the key to victory may rest in the hands of two eternal lovers In the hospital ER where she works, Mary is used to chaos. But lately, every aspect of her life seems adrift. Shes feeling disconnected from herself. Voices appear in her head. And the vivid, disturbing dreams shes had all her life are becoming more intense. Then she meets Michael. Hes handsome, enigmatic and knows more than he can say. In his company, she slowly remembers the truth about herself Thousands of years ago, there were eight of them. The one called the Deceiver came to destroy the world, and the other seven followed to stop him.