A world-shaking discovery. Elixirs coveted by gods. A frantic escape. Percy never wanted fame. A cast-off noble who dreams of nothing more than cleansing his cores, he thought his alchemical breakthrough—Aurora Dew—would cover his needs and let him grow stronger. But when the Divine Order demands his secret on pain of death, Percy makes a single, fateful he runs. Hiding in a forsaken town next to the Grisly Bog, Percy and the companions who joined him in self-imposed exile train in secret, mastering arts unknown to this world. Now that they're being hunted, their goals have infiltrate the aristocracy, take down House Tantalus—the vampiric nobles who murdered Percy’s parents—and seize the elixirs they need for ascension. But gods don’t forget, vampires don’t forgive, and revenge-fueled cultivation draws attention from predators in every corner of the cosmos. They want his secrets? They'll have to pry 'em from his cold, dead fingers.