Cursed and feared, Kael is a deadly assassin known only as Fallen. Bound to the Veilborn-a shadowy council of ancient power-he carries out kill orders in a world bleeding with corruption and war. When his former mentor, imprisoned and broken, calls upon him for one final request, Kael expects another death.
Instead, he's given a mission: protect Liora, the mentor's daughter.
But the Veilborn have other plans. They offer Kael salvation from his curse-if he kills a girl who threatens their dominion. That girl is Liora.
As blood and memory blur, Kael is forced to choose between loyalty and love, fate and rebellion. In a world where nothing is pure, can a fallen assassin find redemption in the one life he was meant to spare?
To break the curse, he must kill her. To save his soul, he must remember her.