Zarek is a Dark-Hunter, one of a breed of soulless guardians who protect the human world from those who seek to destroy it. His life is eternal...and very lonely. Now, after 900 years as as a Dark-Hunter, Zarek seeks to discover why he himself was taken from the human world and exiled into the life of a Dark-Hunter. Zarek's life is further complicated when he meets Astrid, a woman whose beauty and strength make him long to be human once again.