There is no mercy in the demon realm. No escape. In this place of desperation and conflict, anyone who is not purebred is virtually powerless. Until a blind priestess lays claim to a half-breed warrior, body and soul�汕�/I>
Hunted and marked for death by Na��eish demons for their half-blood heritage, the Na��hi are searching for a new home��omething an alliance offered by the human leader could provide. With both races divided by prejudice, when Light Blade rebels brutally attack the Na��hi, the alliance seems doomed to fail.
Varian, leader of the Na��hi, a hybrid race of gifted warriors, is cursed with the darker impulses of his demon heritage. Controlling the part of himself that craves the high of the battle is a struggle he�� afraid he��l lose��ntil he meets Kymora Tayn, a priestess driven to serve her deity. While he�� unwilling to trust anyone outside his people, he finds himself drawn to Kymora�� strength and passionate nature, and discovers she has the power to calm the darkness inside him.
When the Na��eish raid human territory for blood-slaves and kickstart the war, the key to the survival of both races��a��hi and human��s an alliance. However when Kymora is kidnapped, pitting human against human, Varian realizes he must embrace his darker half, not only to save the alliance�在ut also the woman he loves.