The Protectorate is a nation built upon the backs of Benigns and Ungovernables. Hated for something out of their control, Ungovernables and Benigns live under the yoke of human whim. Growing tensions between them leads to dissent and mistrust. With daily disappearances and attacks on both sides there is little hope for peace.

Rylen Parthenope is the frontman to the popular rock band, Children of the Gate. A string of disappearances surrounding the band has brought the media to their doorstep and with his wife among the missing, the Protectorate Agency has declared him their main suspect. 

Down a bassist, and with the record label and Agency breathing down his neck, Rylen is low on friends and desperate for answers. Mourning the possible loss of his wife, Rylen attempts to be there as a father while leading the band as they prepare for a world tour. With a damning secret of his own, Rylen struggles to keep up appearances of being a simple musician.

Detective Jamie Claugh has worked for the Protectorate Agency for six years. Considered a musical prodigy, he decided to follow in his father’s footsteps, giving up music in order to pursue a career in law enforcement. As part of the Undercover unit, he's dismantled Ungovernable trafficking rings, stopped Vampires, Werewolves, Sirens, and many other non-human threats to the carefully curated peace of the Protectorate. 

Now he's given an opportunity to use his innate musical talent when an assignment falls in his lap.

Meanwhile, forces beyond their reach conspire to change the landscape of the Protectorate forever.