"Every now and then a Ranger, near the end of his life or edge of her sanity, enters Lyonesse in a last-ditch effort to bring a small measure of hope to the hopeless. Predictably, their life span is short and violent." Lyonesse exists a lawless city under constant siege by malicious crime lords. It is a nexus point between Pangaea's underworld and its elite, delivering both the best and the worst Pangaea has to offer a broken people. No one, whether Highbourne or Low, whether mortal or High Immortal, can escape the city's darkness once it takes hold. In that darkness a young Cougar seeks to shine a small light by helping those less fortunate. And with some luck, atone for past sins committed out of inexperience. Her protector; an Elf whose past has left him defeated and whose boss seeks only to keep them both under his heel. A terrible accident can either set them both free or see them forever ensnared, or worse...dead.