In Bloodmoon Ritual, Ronan consolidates power, but other Congregations start testing the boundaries of his land. In a nearby Unsaved town, Temperance works as a coffee barista. Several years ago, as a teenager she was rescued from her Congregation by a social worker militia and given a new name and identity with a foster family. But there is someone who has never stopped looking for her, a zealous and inflexible holy warrior who will do anything to get her back.