Book 5 of Juxtapose City. Black might be a lieutenant and the leader of a special forces police team, but long ago he was something else, something worse. And now his past lovers have risen up to oppose him, becoming enemies where he thought he had allies. Calyx Starr's empathy is a curse rather than a gift, as he and Black struggle to survive conspiracies and obsession. The two men are chased relentlessly by the mad telepath Genesis, who also has a connection to the lovers Black can't put behind him. Black and Calyx try to grow closer to each other, but in Juxtapose City love is hard to come by. With a war between normals and psypaths impending in the background, the two men fight a fate that changes with every uncertain step they take.