There are five races in the known world: Cats the oldest who are descendants of Ubasti; The Old Gods who were banished by Ubasti; The Ancients who wear the forms of animals and are blessed by their lunar goddess with magical abilities and immortality; humans who came forth from the sea and some of whom have mental abilities such as telepathy, telekinesis, and foretelling...the Cumaea witches seek these people out to join their ranks; and the Arcanics who are the offsprings of the Ancients and humans and are considered monsters by some as they do not, for the most part, look human and they carry the best and the worst of their forebearers. A very bloody war broke out between the Arcanics and the humans that ended in a delicate truce which is about to be broken.
Maika Halfwolf has vowed vengeance against Lady Yvette Lo Lim. She leaves her best friend Tuya, who is against this, behind, and gets herself captured and taken to the slave market. The Cumaea claim her outright and take her along with a few other Aracanics for free. Lady Sophia is worried about the symbol marked on Maika's chest that represents to her a demonic monstrosity. But her lover and helpmate, Atena, does her best to reassure her that there is nothing to worry about.
Maika breaks free from the prison and lets everyone loose. A little fox named Kippa decides to stay with her rather than leave. Maika kills many guards and torches Lady Sophia and stabs Atena in the shoulder. Then she heads up to Lady Yvette's chambers hoping for answers to questions she cannot form. When Lady Yvette tries to use lilium on her like shining kryptonite in front of Supergirl it effects Kippa, but Maika is able to overcome its effects and kill Lady Yvette. She reaches through the lilium barrier and grabs the piece of the mask that is there that calls to her and frees the Arcanic that is there. She grabs a photo of her mother and her with Lady Yvette and some other people that is on the mantlepiece and the three of them escape the castle in the city of Zamora and head for the forest.
The secret hunger she has has awakened again and she must eat and without thinking she eats what's left of the child from Lady Yvette's chambers, which terrifies Kippa. Master Ren the cat meets up with them and gets them passage through the forest though they do not make it through unscathed. Meanwhile, Mother Superior has arrived in Zamora to take care of things. Atena uses lilium to tend to Lady Sophia's wounds while the Mother Superior uses it to bring Lady Yvette back from the dead to find out what happened.
When Maika runs into a Cumaea witch in the forest while holding the mask her half arm grows into something wild and uncontrollable and the thing inside of her attacks the witch who flees for her life. There is something very ancient inside Maika that with the whole mask would make her very powerful, indeed if she could control it. But there are others who want that mask desperately for its power that they hope to wield. This is amazing and fresh with new ideas comic. The artwork is a bit steampunk-ish and while Lady Sophia is a scientist, the comic really isn't steampunk, per se. It has way too much mythology and not enough technology to be steampunk. I'm not a cat person, but I do love the talking, fighting, poetry-quoting cats. And interspersed throughout the book are entries that explain the world written by cats. Maika is a fierce warrior of only seventeen who has seen much and grown up way too fast. The hunger inside her makes her want to eat anything in her path, the more intelligent the better and Kippa is often in her path. She also has to deal with this ancient being inside of her trying to take control of her body and mind which will probably get her killed and leave him to try to find another host body if he can. I have fallen in love with this series and cannot wait to read the next one. I highly recommend this book.
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