The Order has drawn first blood. The tower has fallen. The coven is divided. Half a world away, without the safety net of the coven, Emma must trust her instincts as she searches for an ally who could tip the scales of war. As the corruption of the Order spreads at home, the coven fights an enemy they never saw coming. Worn and wounded, the vampires must do what they do best: hunt. When Emma's trail runs cold, the keen senses of Vlad himself are no help. Vlad has kept the Order at bay for centuries, but now he faces a powerful old magic he has never experienced before. Furious, starving, and at the end of his rope, how can the coven trust Vlad to lead when he can't trust himself? There is no turning back in this battle where Emma's choices could be the difference between life and death. Will Emma find what she is looking for on the other side of the world or is all lost on this path of blood? The storm has come. The clock is ticking. Nowhere feels safe.