Some gifts are worth killing for. 

Desperate for freedom, a young woman with alchemical powers must outwit her violent guardian and evade the Russian mob—before they turn her gift into a curse.

Fleeing from both the ruthless Bratva and her obsessive guardian, Khour—a battle-scarred Chechen war veteran—Vasilia escapes to the remote town of Hollow Point with a dangerous secret: the power to turn metal into gold.

Hunted for years by Mikhail “Misha” Sokolov, a cunning Vor v Zakone who sees her as the key to rebuilding his criminal empire, Vasilia struggles to stay hidden. But as the Bratva tighten their grip on Hollow Point, she forms a fragile alliance with Thomas, a brooding ex-priest burdened by guilt. Together, they must navigate a deadly world of shifting loyalties and betrayals, where the greatest danger may lie in her power—and what others will do to control it.