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Two bestselling award-winning authors team up with the second book in an exciting new paranormal series: What happens when an alien race brings Earth to the brink of Apocalypse, forcing a struggle for control of the planet?

Built up over the millennia, layer upon layer, the City is ancient and vast. Over the centuries, it has sprawled beyond its walls, the cause of constant war with neighbouring peoples and kingdoms, laying waste to what was once green and fertile. And at the heart of the City resides the emperor. Few have ever seen him.

A family of dragons gathers on the occasion of the death of their father, the elder Bon Agornin. As is custom, they must eat the body. But even as Bon's last remains are polished off, his sons and daughters must all jostle for a position in the new hierarchy.

The monstrous griffin Skandar roams the land, searching for his human. Trapped in a cell and facing justice at last, mass murderer Arenadd Taranisaii knows the truth. He has found a new and savage purpose, and a different master now commands him. He must lead his people to freedom... and commit three more murders. Can anyone finally stop him?

In the land of Cymria, humans and griffins rule side by side. To be a griffiner - the human companion and ambassador to a griffin - is to have both status and dangerous responsibility. Arren Cardockson is a despised Northener. By freak chance, he became a griffiner, but when his griffin dies Arren's life spirals out of control.