The heart-stopping conclusion to the Mortality series. "I am a threat. I am a weapon. But I am not death." Ava Holland has proven she'll do whatever it takes to protect the people she loves from the darkness sweeping across Evereach. But when Ava is captured by Evereach's forces, their real leader steps out of the shadows. Ava comes face to face with Alexander, the man who wants to use her as his own weapon of death. When the secrets of the mortality war are revealed, Ava must fight her final battle - the battle for her life. Before the Raging Lion is the final book in the action-packed four-book series.