One

Born richer than the Gods, yet crueler than the Devil, Jin Straive lives to sate his need for entertainment. In a world where superstition is the driving force of one's existence, few are able to look him in the eye without shrinking in horror. That is, until a young savage boy does.

Arian Cailli is a half-blood, and he's been suffering for it his entire life. When he is sold to the last offspring of the Straive clan rather than murdered for theft, all he knows is that his new master is by far not an ordinary man to deal with. Jin's games are a lethal sport, in which Ari's sanity is meant to be broken.

What Jin doesn't know yet, though, is that Ari is already mad.