Ryder is having an exceptionally bad day. After the discovery that his long-lost brother committed suicide and that he’s a Hybrid – half-human, half-daemon – Ryder is about ready to crack. Unfortunately, there’s no time to rest. While the daemon hunter Charles Monk tells Ryder of The Order of the Sacred Blood, a clan of warriors dedicated to the eradication of all daemons, Ryder realizes that there’s a daemon Hive Queen below the surface of the city, breeding a huge army fit for a war on all humankind. As Ryder chooses to meet with Rebecca Danton, the leader of one of the most powerful daemon families in the city, he must make a choice: side with his human morality or give in to the beast inside…