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The North Atlantic, 14 April 1912. Amid the chaos of the sinking Titanic, a young Eleanor Annenberg meets the eyes of a stranger and is immediately captivated. As the ship buckles around them, she follows him down to the hold and finds him leaning over an open sarcophagus surrounded by mutilated bodies. She catches but a glimpse of what lies within before she’s sucked into a maelstrom of freezing brine and half-devoured corpses. Elle is pulled out of the water, but the stranger – and the secrets she stumbled upon – are lost. Unintentionally, however, he leaves her a gift. …

The Wastes. Southern Carpathians. 1218. A time of upheaval. A young noble leads two companies of Britannic archers through Eastern lands so wild and horrific it is known by Serb militia, Turk and Saxon mercenary alike as “The Wastes”. A place of butchery like Balthasar Toule has never witnessed. It is here – as a mortal – he first encounters Wilderzeichen. Attacked by a Crimen he escapes, only to be taken by a banshee. Her beauty enchanting. She takes him. He shall be her Sentinel. But Balthasar the Good fights off the want for human flesh and thus breaks from …

1940. Folkestone. Elle and Balthasar cross the Strait of Dover on a moonless night, landing in German occupied France in pursuit of Hamish Taggart. Ascension has come. And they must ensnare the Banshee Siobhan before it’s too late.  Old friends reappear – Mahmoud – in the time when he was mortal. 1777. Persia. A Royal Geographical Society expedition encounters a Crimen infestation and the Persian himself is turned. But as a Sentinel for Balthasar Toule.  Their unique friendship will exist for centuries.  1940. Balthasar and Elle cautiously make their way through Germany to the Externsteine, thinking they will finally end …