It's been twenty-five years since people started to change in the Pacific Northwest... Since the emergence of the first Valkyries. Most find it easier to pretend the problem doesn't exist. That the contagion isn't something that can touch them. Unfortunately the next to transform, and sprout wings, could be anyone. Most of all, Jessica Reuther wants nothing more to do with Valkyries. But when a recovery team comes for her, she becomes the contested bone among the wolves. And a vicious game of tug-o-war ensues while she is forced to face a reality she prayed would never come. In the wake of her metamorphosis, a new kind of change begins to sweep through the fledgling race, one that could have devastating consequences for humanity.