<p><b>Prequal to the darkly hypnotic Bargainer series!</b><br><br><br><b>In the beginning, there was darkness.</b><br> Before he met Callie, before he became the Bargainer, there was Desmond Flynn, the bastard son of a scribe. A boy born to a weak mother, cursed with little magic, and destined to marry a slave.<br><br><b><i>But fate had something else in mind.</i></b><br><br><b>Till darkness dies.</b><br> From the barren caves of Arestys to the palace of Somnia to the streets of earth, this is how Desmond Flynn, a fairy who began with nothing, became the Emperor of Evening Stars.</p>