When Ydana is unable to conceal her manticore nature at a party, she runs into the mysterious Val, the manticore who originally stung her. But the embarrassment to her family and her growing feelings for Val are the least of her worries when she learns that there are people who would hunt her kind to extinction.
From an oppressive boarding school to a floating island in the sky, Ydana and Val embark on a journey to stop the manticore hunters and create a world in which humans and manticores can live in peace with each other.