After the death of her brother at the hands of a faerie-made creature known as the Beast, Lyssa Cadogan dedicates her life to hunting faeries and their creations. Thirteen years later, she meets Alderic Casimir de Laurent, who claims to have discovered the Beast's lair and recovered one of its claws--an item Lyssa needs to forge a weapon capable of destroying the creature. As they work together to gather the materials necessary for her quest, Lyssa and Alderic uncover each other's secrets and form an uneasy alliance that may determine the outcome of their hunt. A fantasy novel involving vengeance, magic, and the uneasy partnership between a monster hunter and an unlikely companion.