Enki knows nothing about himself except the name carved into his palm. Waking up amid the city’s slums during a roundup, he ends up in prison—and to get free, he agrees to become a donor for a military empath, who promises not only to help with the authorities, but also to restore his memory. Enki finds himself at the very center of a confrontation between two powerful races, not realizing that soon he will have to make the most important choice of his life.