After their home in Sendirian City burns to cinders, Eden Fittell leaves school and gets a job to try and support her family and keep her alcoholic father away. But the city is being stalked by crime boss Kore Luddan, who is using Izrod, the strongest in his crew of freaks, to kidnap people off the street. Most of them are never seen again, killed or driven mad by Kores experiments. Eden manages to get a job in the governments Archives, taking the place of one of Kores victims, but Izrod keeps snatching more government employees. Is Eden safe? And what is Kore planning? Will it spell the end to peace in Sendirian City?