Aeons ago, Homo lupens ruled the Earth. Possessing extraordinary powers, they were the source of all myths and legends of the uncanny. And though their numbers have been greatly reduced, they exist still--though not a purebreds.

Adrian Breze is one such being. Wealthy and reclusive, he is more Shadowspawn than human. But he rebelled against his own kind, choosing to live as an ordinary m an, fighting constantly against his danker nature.

Until now.

For Adrian has a sister, whose devotion to the cause of bringing back the reign of the Shadowspawn is equaled only by her hatred of him. She has struck him at his weakest pint by kidnapping his human lover, Ellen.

To save Ellen--perhaps all of humanity--Adrian must rejoin a battle he swore he would never fight again.