When the whole world has turned against you, and you have nothing but the word of those close to you, you will go to extreme lengths to keep that true. For Kai Ventis that means revenging the death of his parents. In doing so that also means he will become the very monster that he vowed to destroy, the very darkness that dwells deep in his soul. What would you do to protect the last of the good in your life? For seven years Kai has spent training his ability to wield a black flame, but with every new step into his revenge his demons get a stronger hold on him.
Everything changes when Raven Winter, Kai's childhood friend, spends seven years thinking Kai died beside his parents at the hands of the rebels. In her drive for justice she becomes an R2 general, her first task, put an end to the rebellion. Her goal leads her to Kai and his new group of rebel friends, the Unseen. Alongside them, Kai faces his past and his present. Raven searches for the truth in the web of lies that holds her government by the thread.
Nothing will be the same.
Loyalty changes, a dark past is revealed, and Kai Ventis is at the center of it all.