A human raised in a bureaucratic seethe has been running from her adoptive family for nearly a decade when the Council of a world just beyond the norm tracks her down and drags her back screaming. But this time Elizabeth isn't alone, thanks to a bargain she's made with the ghost, Artie. Together, they hope Elizabeth survives the summit long enough to escape and disappear once more. Yet, the more monsters that gather the more violent politics grow and the chances of Elizabeth's survival lowers drastically. Her past comes back to haunt and hunt her, and there are new rules to the old games where claws and teeth determine the victor.