In the American Old West, two beings of death and darkness have taken on a new form-the Lords of the Underworld. Hades and Thanatos, brothers since the rise of the Olympians, have come to Earth seeking respite from their duties in Tartarus. For those that feared their very presence, the blur between reality and fantasy was hazy. Though his visits were brief, for Hades, it served as a break from the stresses of Tartarus and an ever-growing unhappy marriage with his Queen. And for Thanatos, a continued search for the one woman who could look Death in the face...and love him. But Clementine Nichols, is not that woman and she'll face a bittersweet love story where she can't defy Death, but manages to change it. A prequel story to the Contemporary Mythos series.