For centuries, war has been brewing below the surface of New York. People known as the soulless Ð immortal humans with strange powers Ð have threatened life on the surface. The Dark Queen seeks revenge for a crime long forgotten and wants to rule the world.
Eighteen-year-old Riley Stark - a new recruit in the Sentinels, a military group that protects Earth from the Underworld Ð thinks sheÕs joining for the right reason. As a child, she narrowly escaped an assassination attempt on her life, and has wanted justice ever since.
After Riley goes snooping through her records, she finds the terrible truth Ð her ancestor was Mira Stark who killed the famous Dark King, and the soulless have wanted her familyÕs blood spilled. When Riley falls in love with a soulless boy sheÕs been taught to hate, she realizes that she canÕt trust anyone Ð soulless or otherwise.