This is not the darkness the gods promised.As Ren awakens from poison's haze, she quickly realizes death would have been kinder. Entangled in an ancient prophecy and cursed with a gift she cannot tame, it seems the worst has found her. But when she's reunited with a past she vowed to forget, Ren discovers this is only the beginning of the gods' wicked games. The journey ahead? It just might break her. Running from the Continent's cruelest through bustling cities and across dangerous sands, burdened with an impossible task, and faced with temptations she knows better than to indulge, Ren will be tested at every turn.The dark god seeks submission or promises pain. Should she accept the violence thrumming through her veins? Or fight fate's pull once more?Whichever path Ren chooses will surely bear consequences. The question is: what will she lose along the way?