In a city on the brink of war, can one man with a pen and a gun save the woman he loves? Or will she be hunted for the magic in her blood? After failed-mercenary Patrick lands a life changing job as a bookseller and reporter, he soon meets the beautiful, gun-toting journalist Elleira. As an Element Blood, Elleria is just like anyone else, but with a touch of the world itself in her body. But when the High Lord seizes control of the newspapers and a city-wide raid bans and destroys books by her kind, Elleira vanishes without a word. As racial tensions bring the city to the brink of war, and the authorities begin arresting those close to Elleira, Patrick scrambles to uncover the reason behind it all. Why has the High Lord targeted Element Bloods? How are the banned books so dangerous? What secret is so damning the High Lord will go to such lengths to protect it? With danger lurking in every shadow, can Patrick dredge up the answers to find Elleira and expose the truth? And if he does, will the city, or the world, survive what he unearths?