William R. Stuart was a United States Marine. Then betrayal, a rain-slick road, and an oncoming train ended his life.

He awakens beneath an alien sky in a body that cannot be his own, armed with a sword he has never seen and bearing no mark that he was ever born. Before he can find answers, the screams of strangers draw him into battle.

By the time the elven cavalry arrives, William is wounded, surrounded by dead raiders, and standing between the survivors of a gnome village and the creatures who came to slaughter them.

The elves call him a Feral: an unclaimed male outside every House, bloodline, and law.

In Shrohan, men are rare magical treasures. Elven women command armies, rule ancient Houses, and control the bloodlines of their people. Starfall Court promises William protection, luxury, beautiful companions, and a place in their world.

It is also a cage designed to feel like a gift.

William has survived war, betrayal, and death. He will not survive his new life by becoming obedient.

His closest ally may be Redclaw, the scarred elven warrior assigned to guard him because no one believes he could ever desire her. Proud, deadly, and carrying a wound touched by something darker than steel, Redclaw knows exactly what Starfall does to those it cannot control.

As powerful Houses circle and a corrupted magical test awakens something impossible within him, William must learn the laws of his new world before those laws strip away every choice he has left.

Every House wants to claim the Feral.
Every institution wants to control him.
But William R. Stuart has never been good at surrendering.

And in a world where stolen magic burns, the most dangerous bond of all may be one freely chosen.