She may be too old to start a fight, but she’s not too old to finish one.

At sixty-nine years old and with two black belts to her name, former nun Monica Barrett has never backed down from a fight. So when a woman turns up on her doorstep with an attacker on her heels, Monica is quick to step in.

But this assailant has powers—he moves with uncanny speed, strikes with brutal accuracy, and isn’t after the woman at all. Instead, he wants what she has: a smooth, flat piece of rock that she throws to Monica.

The instant she touches the stone, everything Monica has ever known turns upside down. Inhuman power surges through her and destroys her attacker. And that’s just the beginning.

More attacks follow–first on her home, then on the shelter she runs. Horrified, Monica is determined to rid herself of the stone and whatever it holds. But when it becomes clear that its dark power is all that stands between her and losing everything she holds dear, she may have no choice but to become its keeper.

And its wielder.