Sonny Preyer is an Illumenae; a person whose DNA is encoded with the ability to renew and sustain all life connected to him. At eighteen, he does not want that responsibility. With it, comes a body of unusual gender, unlike any among his peers. With it, comes seven nations looking to him to keep them safe. And with it, comes the knowledge that he is hunted by human and inhuman seekers of power, each demanding the one thing he fears to give to anyone. His body. Doing so, has already killed him once. This is the first of three volumes.

2nd volume in the Sonny Preyer saga. The Realm is a place where everyone knows Sonny's secret and either loves him or despises him for it. When his people expect too much from him, his anger unleashes irreversible harm and an innocent man is damaged beyond repair. Guilt and compassion awakens Sonny's instinct to heal. But by the time he learns there is nothing innocent about the man who fell to his rage, he also learns of the blood contract that locks their lives together.

Third volume in the Sonny Preyer saga. Sonny has refused to believe that his DNA contains a genetic contract, giving anyone who mixes their blood with his, producing an heir, a stake in earthly resources that replenish themselves. Until now. Fighting this obligation with all of his might, his will is twisted by the torment of his people. Through evil-tainted forests, Sonny struggles against monstrosities, malevolent storms, curses, ghosts, and his own opposing will, to escape his fate.