The 1 New York Ti author of the Vampire Academy and Bloodline series returns with the second installe of X series Gaator Justin March and Mae Koskinen, the beautiful supersoldier assigned to protect hi reports of the supernatural and the return of the gods, both inside the Republic of United North Ae co for human control, but the elect--special huainst one another in bloody fashion Their ned to a diplo, Justin’s old friend and rival, going into Arcadia, the RUNA’s dangerous neighboring country Here, in a society where woovernment, Justin discovers powerful forces at work, even as he struggles to come to terms with his own reluctantly acquired deity Meanwhile, Mae--grudgingly posing as Justin’s concubine--has a secret itio But with Justin and Mae resisting the resurgence of the gods in Arcadia, a reporter’s connection with someone close to Justin back home threatens to expose their overnment is determined to keep secret