Imprisoned for 'inflammatory writings' by the totalitarian theocracy, shy intellectual ashleigh trine figures his story's over. But when he meets kieran trevarde, a hard-hearted gunslinger with a dark magic lurking in hi...Imprisoned for 'inflammatory writings' by the totalitarian theocracy, shy intellectual ashleigh trine figures his story's over. But when he meets kieran trevarde, a hard-hearted gunslinger with a dark magic lurking in his blood, ash finds that necessity makes strange heroes.