Kagen Vale is the trusted and feared captain of the palace guard, charged with protection of the royal children of the Silver Empire. But one night, Kagen is drugged and the entire imperial family is killed, leaving the empire in ruins. Haunted and broken, Kagen is abandoned by his gods and damned forever. He becomes a wanderer, trying to take down as many of this enemies as possible while plotting to assassinate the usurper--the deadly Witch-king...

Going undercover to gather evidence on her sister’s fiancé, Johnny Jones, the heir of an organized crime dynasty, CIA field officer Sydney Swift is distracted from her assignment by Johnny’s handsome bodyguard and decides this time, love is a target she can’t afford to miss.