Since the Others allied themselves with the cassandra sangue, the dynamic between humans and Others has changed. Some, such as wolf-shifter Simon Wolfgard and blood prophet Meg Corbyn see the closer companionship as beneficial. But not everyone is convinced. A group of radical humans is seeking to usurp land through a series of violent attacks on the Others. What they don't realize is that there are older and more dangerous forces than shifters and vampires protecting the land - and those forces are willing to do whatever is necessary to safeguard what is theirs.