Lt. Cmdr. Connor Montgomery's trust in his own judgment was wiped out by betrayal. His failure to see the wolf in their midst has cost the people he loves. His niece Nicole has been taken by the Xenos by order of the most heinous leaders of the Sorracchi race, and Connor will do whatever it takes to bring Nicole home.

After The War, the Sorracchi hid however they could, including snatching people from their lives to hide behind new faces. Evelyn woke with only her name in a world she didn't recognize. They call her an "Emancipated", a human freed from the possession of a Sorracchi conscience but tell her little else.

When the memories come, they are dark and sickening, and she can only pray they are not her own. To save the life of a stolen child, Evelyn must face the crimes her hands committed and gain the trust of a man with no trust left. Not even for himself.