Over one hundred years in the future, resources have dwindled, and the human species along with it. Opportunistic men have seized absolute power, and the concept of equality is a distant memory. Decadence and luxury are the pursuits of the privileged, while those of the lower class eke out lives more reminiscent of medieval times, rather than that of an advanced civilization. The privileged spend their days in pursuits of the flesh, where no sensual act is too bizarre, no treatment of those beneath them too cruel. Human life means nothing to these would-be gods. It is into this world that nineteen year old Miria is thrust, when she is abducted from her bed by men who see her as chattel. But when she meets the strong and mysterious Ronan, a man who commands himself as he does others, she encounters both wonders and evils she could not have imagined before.