"During a protacted civil war that pitted the North against the South, the outnumbered Northerners used dark magic to create monsterous super-soldiers called Incarnates. Now that the war has ended, those Sacred Beasts must learn to make their way in a peaceful society, or face death at the hands of a Beast Hunter. Nancy Schaal Bancroft, the daughter of an Incarnate, turns to hunting the hunter herself. But once she catches up with her quarry, she...

"One year after the incident at Whitechurch, Cain Madhouse leads a band of Incarnates and rouses disgruntled citizens to create a rebel nation called New Patria. Schall returns to Rivulet Wood to pay her respects to her father's grave. A new military unit whose sole mission is to wipe out the remaining Incarnates hunts for Hank, who has gone to ground while on his own mission to put his former Incarnate subordinates to peace" -- page 4 of cover.