Progenie

The disappearance NIKAULE has upset the balance of the Breed society. She is a scion who holds the power to enslave the entire race of Djinn. JOSEPH, the first scion and an outcast, knows that the key to finding her lies in finding the identity of ZENOBIA GRANT, who is a doppelgänger for Nikaule. Zenobia is a 23-year-old, second-year medical resident with preternatural abilities. She knows she’s not human, not completely. She wants to know what she is, but her father, SAMUEL, fiercely protects her from the truth. As she struggles to find her true nature, Zen turns to an old book that her grandmother gave her for comfort. THADDEUS, is an ancient scion who stalks Zen. When he finally shows himself to her, Zen turns the tables and captures him. She hopes to learn what she is by examining Thaddeus. Zen is not the only one that wants Thaddeus, however. EMMETT wants him too, and he has comparable abilities to Zen. As Zen and Emmett clash in a battle over Thaddeus, Zen is overtaken by EMMETT and rendered unconscious. Emmett is an enforcer for the laws of scions. He sought Thaddeus for crimes committed two thousand years ago. However, Emmett finds that Thaddeus has led him to Zen, an unknown creature who looks exactly like Nikaule. Emmett struggles with the impossibility of Zen’s existence. Before Emmett can tell Zen about Nikaule, Joseph contacts Zen; he has found and apprehended Samuel. Despite her inexperience with demonic creatures, Zen is determined to free her father. She escapes Emmett to get to Samuel, her last anchor to humanity and her last chance for the truth. She drives to New Orleans to rescue her father. When she sleeps, the story on the pages of the old book coalesces in her dreams. When Zen comes face to face with Joseph, she begins to understand that what she thought was a forgotten book of the Bible actually contains the truth of what she is. She also learns what her mother is and who she is--Makeda, Queen of Sheba, born of Djinn and human. Made a Child of Darkness. Zen finds her father and believes that he will fill in the blanks. She believes he will finally explain how her vampire mother could do the impossible—give birth to a girl fathered by a human. However, Zen soon discovers that Joseph has already killed Samuel by feeding his heart to a starving fledgling vampire. She goes into a blind rage and fights Joseph. Zen punches a hole in his chest. As she gropes for his heart, Joseph summons the powerful Djinni IBLIS. The Djinni does extensive damage to Zen and throws her against the windshield of a car. He and his master, Joseph, leave Zen for dead. When she regains consciousness, Zen finds the Djinn members of Nikaule’s family tending to her. With her father gone, Zen feels that her humanity is gone with him. Emmett tries to pull her into the structure of the society of the Breed. But Zen is through with rules and structure. She isolates herself. When a Djinni comes to her to tell her that Joseph still lives, she decides her only future with the Breed is finding Joseph and getting her revenge.