When Lias' wife was kidnapped, all his skills as a woodsman couldn't save her—or himself. Captured, sold repeatedly to different masters, Lias endures abuse, torture, and worse. By the time his latest master buys him, Lias is little more than an animal. Necromis' day of reckoning is coming. He must capture the heart of a broken slave, or his soul will forever belong to Bonecracker.