Mab, queen of the Banshees, disappears from the clan, and the Banshees suspect that the Alliance could be responsible for her abduction. Banshee warriors approach a renegade Sh'lainn and ask her to become their queen. Sh'lainn accepts and immediately makes her first decision as queen by declaring war on the Alliance.
A group of allied intelligence agents discover that extraterrestrial beings arrived on Earth centuries ago and have been thriving through the exploitation of humans. Believed to be the origins of many of the creatures humans know from myth, folklore and legends, including vampires and werewolves, the group discovers that these aliens have now formed a sinister cadre bent on taking over the world for themselves. In response, the agents form a top-secret multinational agency known as The Global Alliance, charged with protecting the world from the alien threat and keeping it a secret from the public at any cost.
