
Talon is a survivor. The last of the Blackblood race, she also endured the destruction of her entire village by a gang of brutal missionaries. Years after that life-defining attack, she travels to a lawless fortress along the edge of the civilized world, tracking the individuals who killed her family. As she makes the journey, she discovers that she possesses a mysterious supernatural power that she must now learn to control, not only to save herself but to defend the world against the tyranny of a fanatical religious dictator.

The Book of Names falls into enemy hands; the Prime Order settles into its new oppressive rule at the Outpost; Everit Dred has Gwynn trapped.

Talon, Garret, and Janzo return from the Greyskin wastelands and find the Outpost very different from how they left it; Talon faces Dred, but is torn between getting revenge and saving her friends.

Talon and Luna fight to save Zed from unearthly powers; Garret pressures Tobin to betray Falista; Wren and Janzo explore mysteries beneath the outpost.

Garret and Luna set out on a rescue mission; Tobin proves his loyalty; Wren and Janzo discover what lies beneath the outpost; a quest begins to uncover Luna's past.