Kian, a "bastard" Alpha driven by anger and red dust, was banished to the gutters for eighteen years. Kian's dormant Apex Singularity, a violet force capable of destroying empires, awakens with the assassination of his father, King Fenris. Kian must contend with corporate thief Marcus Thorne and a supernatural winter that threatens his people as he returns to retrieve his stolen kingdom. He must travel into the Frozen Wastes to confront the Witch-King and get the real Aegis in order to survive. Kian must learn how to balance fire and frost since he is bound to an enigmatic Lunar-Oracle. If he doesn't, his new kingdom will turn to ice.