Part 1 of 4 of Dragon Hunter. A menace lurks on London streets: the Lapsed, a hybrid between a shifter and something far more malicious. Their kind may look human, but the creatures are anything but. And Hunter Neko Sands is one of the few who can take them on. But of course, she has yet to confront her greatest challenge. It's during one of her hunts that she meets the man with the aqua eyes, who stirs feelings in her that she can't begin to hide, even from herself. And when a strange client comes to her with a new assignment to hunt down one of the legendary Kindred, she thinks she's struck gold. That is, until she realizes who it is that she's up against. How does a woman kill the thing that she wants most in the world?