Alvera, a hoc trainee for the Blacktalon Mercenary group, has grown up learning how to fight and kill for them. So, when the opportunity arises to finally earn her title and bloodband, she jumps as the chance. What she doesn’t know, is that a single blood-curdling cry in the night will launch her onto a new trajectory that will change everything. Follow Alvera as she grapples with Urothica’s bitter past as she unravels dark plots that will ask more of this teenage girl than she, or anyone, are ready for.