Tule has known nothing but captivity. Raised in a psychiatric asylum before being sold to a traveling circus, the human woman has spent her life as a plaything in a world she despises.

But when the Blood Moon rises over the city of Avastone, everything changes.

The Veri has begun—a brutal festival where the immortal Wycca celebrate the hunt for humans, turning death into an art form. At its center stands the feared King Without a Heart.