The truth of Thatcher's divine birthright could save his friends ... if it doesn't destroy him first.Left reeling from a ruthless attack by the Ulfrangar, Thatcher and his friends struggle to regroup. But their time is already running out. With the forces of their mysterious enemies now allying against them and Phillip's betrayal confirmed, Murdoc fears they may have stumbled into an unwinnable fight for their lives.The group knows they need to get Phillip back in order to even the odds, but haggling with notorious crime lords and dueling assassins in the streets is not what any of them bargained for. And when the Ulfrangar make another brutal surprise strike, Thatcher's godling power finally begins to awaken. Can he find the strength he's longed for to rise and fight for the people he loves? Or will his destiny to become a God drive them all apart?