Genus isn't a story about elves - it's about mankind as a means to an end, where control is currency and deception is reality.Kelvin knows his once-promising football career is over, and that his technophile father has finally gone crazy.Audrey hopes that college life will afford her the chance to finally guide her own destiny, but her loveless parent's motives are suspect.Nai-Ko is disrespected by his relegated role within the clan; he refuses to be a liaison with slaves, for he is a ruler of men.Hector is frustrated by his ridiculous assignment - Who has an assassin guard a princess? - and slowly uncovers the disturbing truth.Syun's fate as a concubine is sealed, unless she can somehow convince her lover to steal her away and start a new life.Elian, the one who can control the most powerful nations, cannot maintain the precious status quo under his roof.Trixcia suffers in her centuries-old gilded prison, yearning only for a child's love to set her free.Eryx wants vengeance for his son's murder, but the Neplusultra Council forbids it, particularly since the killer is their servant.Independently, all the characters want what is beyond their grasp - including Calryn, the outlier who would just prefer to kill the lot of them - but as their stories begin to intertwine, the world as they know it unravels, exposing a conspiracy stretching back to the dawn of civilization.