enter a world of dark seduction and powerful magic enter atlantis females young and old beautiful and plain crave valerians touch none can resist his blatant sensuality and potent allure until he steals shaye holling from a florida beach and holds her prisoner in his underwater kingdomthe cynical shaye wants nothing to do with the mighty warlord but shes inexplicably drawn to him for underneath the warriors arrogant beauty lies a complex and powerful man a man whose caress is like fire now valerian must fight for the privilege of claiming her as his own because theres one thing shaye doesnt know