<p><b>''I loved the book!! Fantastic ending to a fantastic series'' Jodi Picoult</b><br><b><i><br>When the gods make the rules, the players must choose: sacrifice their love to save the world ... or choose love and let it burn?</i></b><br><br>Six months after saving their island from de¿struction and almost losing Dante, Alessa is ready to live happily ever after with her for¿mer bodyguard. But Dante can''t rest, haunted by a conviction that the gods aren''t finished with them yet. And without his powers, the next kiss from Alessa could kill him.<br><br>Desperate for answers, Dante enlists Alessa and their friends to find the exiled ghiotte in hopes of restoring his powers and combining forces to create the only army powerful enough to save them all. But Alessa is hiding a deadly consequence of their last fight-a growing darkness that''s consuming her mind-and their destination holds more dangers than anyone bargained for. In the mysterious city of the banished, Dante will uncover secr