Ever since being appointed pythia, the chief seer of the supernatural world, Cassie Palmer has been playing catch up. Catch up on the training she missed being raised by a psychotic vampire instead of at the pythian court. Catch up on the dangerous world of supernatural politics. Catch up to the powerful, and sometimes seductive, forces trying to mold her to their will. It’s been a trial by fire that has left her more than a little burned.

But now she realizes that all that was the just the warm up.

Ancient forces that once terrorized the world are trying to return, and Cassie is the only one who can stop them. But to win she needs help: of a friend lost in time, of a secretive lover, of every supernatural group that has ignored her up until now. And with the vampires and fey preparing to wage war across two worlds, Cassie’s time is running out …