Publisher's Synopsis
After young Celeste Torok is taken into the mystical Circle, she discovers what really killed her biological parents the day a Kansas City Courthouse exploded.Years later, these memories come back to haunt her as Nick lay dead and she debates her twin brother's mortality. But will The Omniscents - ancient vampires who reside in the Hollow Earth - pardon Tristan, The Realm's supreme warrior, for giving Nick the forbidden Amend?No longer able to resist the seductive Tristan, Celeste abandons her marriage vows despite The Toroks' objections and joins him in the battle forged against The Harvesters. But can The Realm save thousands of children from a fate worse than death? Will Tristan, once again, gamble annihilation or lose Celeste forever?