Kalen grows up hammering steel in the freezing northern wilderness under the tutelage of a reclusive warrior, unaware of the ancestral royal magic sleeping inside his veins. When his mentor hands him an ancient broken fang and orders him south to honor an aristocratic betrothal, Kalen steps into an escalating war between vampire senate factions and rival warlords.
After rescuing Lila, the youngest daughter of House Ashborn, Kalen discovers he is actually the noble family's disowned firstborn heir. Awakening the legendary golden gaze of the vampire progenitor, he takes up arms against shadowy senate conspirators to reclaim his birthright and shield his newfound kin.
