Alyse Winters, former covert supernatural agent, is laying low while she investigates who muzzled her magic and why. Faced with upsetting news about her handler and Ghuls behaving strangely, Alyse has her work cut out for her. When her mage sidekick is chosen to fight in the dangerous Colony Games, Alyse risks discovery and death in order to protect her young charge. As the games progress, she realizes there's much more at stake than her own survival.