Humanity has been prey to the Entana for centuries, their thoughts and emotions fed upon by the spiritual parasites. Once taken, only death can save someone from the torment of the Entana's feeding. And only the Taronese warriors and their enchanted sword, the Bok'Tarong, can give them that death. But the Bok'Tarong has been taken by the selfish assassin Aeo, and the sword has devoured his soul. He now exists within the blade, only able to experience the world through his new bearer Dragana. She would do anything to cast him out of the blade and restore its sanctity. But Aeo alone may hold the key to stopping the Entana once and for all ... if Dragana can learn to work with the assassin who has cost her people so much.