"My name is Solaine. I have been human, vampire, Redeemer and am The Reclaimer. I never wanted it, it simply is. I'm afraid I can't start at 'the beginning' because there have been too many beginnings. So I'll start from where my life gets interesting, and if I jink around please forgive me. Life is so rarely remembered as a linear progression of events-and given that I'm working with a number of lifetimes-it's very difficult for me to keep track of it all. I'm confusing you already. Sorry for that. Let me just start by saying..." Thus starts a story about loves-and lives-lost and found in a world vastly different from our own; and even though Solaine doesn't know it yet, through her strength humanity will rise up once again.