At eighteen, Ethan Royce was forced to take the fall for his brother and sent to prison. Beaten and abandoned, he survives — and is secretly trained by a mysterious master in extraordinary medical skills. Three years later, he returns, only to be used again — this time as a pawn in a marriage with Claire Harper. But Ethan has his own plan. As he uncovers the truth behind his past, he rises from nothing to a man no one can ignore.