"His wife. He froze for the first time, breathing heavily, blinking, everything blurred before his eyes. Whoever captured him...Gaos, they have his wife." Thrown out of their momentary kiss with heaven, Miri and Black return to their version The land is in the midst of a race war - a war whose consequences are growing ever darker. Black knows that both sides will target his wife once they realize what she is capable of, what her newfound abilities mean. Nick is still listed as missing. Dalejem is presumed dead. The vampire race gathers forces and prepares for a real war. Meanwhile, unrest rages, and Charles, the seer who has decided to reclaim the planet from the human race, closes the country's borders and prepares for the final confrontation. Both sides want Black to be with them. Both sides want to control him. When Black's wife goes missing, that's the last damn straw. When he finally loses control, the whole world will pay for it.