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Sixteen-year-old Deka lives in fear and anticipation of the blood ceremony that will determine whether she will become a member of her village. Already different from everyone else because of her unnatural intuition, Deka prays for red blood so she can finally feel like she belongs. But on the day of the ceremony, her blood runs gold, the color of impurity–and Deka knows she will face a consequence worse than death.

It's been six months since Deka freed the goddesses in the ancient kingdom of Otera and discovered who she really is... but war is waging across the kingdom, and the real battle has only just begun. For there is a dark force growing in Otera—a merciless power that Deka and her army must stop. 

Sixteen-year-old Deka lives in Otera, a deeply patriarchal ancient kingdom, where a woman's worth is tied to her purity, and she must bleed to prove it. But when Deka bleeds gold - the color of impurity, of a demon - she faces a consequence worse than death. She is saved by a mysterious woman who tells Deka of her true nature: She is an Alaki, a near-immortal with exceptional gifts. The stranger offers her a choice: Fight for the Emperor, with others just like her, or be destroyed....  

Nichts kann sie töten. Bitte lass mein Blut rot sein, bitte lass mein Blut rot sein, bete ich. Als goldenes Blut aus ihren Adern fließt, ist für Deka klar, dass sie nie dazugehören wird. Wegen ihrer dunklen Hautfarbe galt sie schon immer als Außenseiterin. Doch dann kennzeichnet ihr goldenes Blut sie als Alaki, als Dämon. Nur ein Dekret des Kaisers von Otera kann sie retten: Er stellt eine Armee aus den beinahe unsterblichen Alaki zusammen.