In Houston, the Assembly is responsible for every Kindred. One Baron, two Princes, three factions, countless feuds, and a boon log complex enough to make a Harpy weep. While Elders vanish by the dozen, the younger Kindred of Houston find new ways to hold power.

The changing of the seasons has been unaturally delayed for so long that Winter's arrival struck like lightning - and just as destructively. Now, each court works at cross-purpose in a struggle for power and survival, all while sowing and reaping the stuff of dreams.

The greatest spirits of earth and sky have left the keeping of the planet to the shifters: wolves, crows, sharks, spiders, and more. With their gifts, their strength, and their cunning, these werecreatures must turn the tide of destruction wrought by the corruption of humanity.

In the highly ritualized and utterly inhuman sect of the Kindred, strength rules all - except when the subtle knife of politics is involved.