Summary: Adrian is an Alpha—a genetically enhanced assassin—thought dead by the people who created him. Living outside the Gate—a high tech shield, which protects the enclosed city from the contaminated and lawless land outside, he is the leader of the Resistance, living only to bring down the Gate and the people who sought to kill him. Charity Caruthers is the daughter of one of the most powerful and brutal men in the inner city—the General. She risks everything, sneaking outside the Gate to get a message to Adrian. Passion explodes, ripping apart the foundations of both their lives. Charity begins to understand true sexual desire as Adrian teaches her the passion to be found in dark fantasies. Loyalties are tested and trust pushed to the limits as the final confrontation is at hand. Some will die. Some will live. But will Adrian and Charity’s fragile relationship be the final casualty in this war of retribution and freedom?