From the award-winning author of SEASON OF THE WITCH comes a highly original martial arts thriller. Natasha Mostert's THE KEEPER, blends mysticism with science and explores themes as old as time: the imperative of violence, the redemptive power of love and the greatest desire of all - to live forever.

Adrian Ashton is a gifted scientist - and a hunter. Calling himself Dragonfly, he preys on fighters and martial artists who are blessed with a strong life force, draining them of their chi and making it his own. But the hunter becomes the hunted when a mysterious woman enters his life. She belongs to a long line of Keepers: women who are warriors, healers and protectors. When Dragonfly targets the man she loves, she sets out to defeat him. It becomes a fight to the death in which love is both the greatest weakness and the biggest prize.