Beauty, The Beast, and The Hero come together in the terrifying Temple of Leviathan. Blood sacrifice, a tentacled god, a forced wedding between brutal Mesh Mage, Max and innocent virgin, Carmine. Nothing could be simpler. All Ishmael has to do is slay the beast, grab the girl, and save humanity! But in doing so he must also learn the bitter truth. The Territory is no fairy-tale world. Love is an illusion. There is no "happily ever after" when you're the prisoner of obsession.