LKOSSA was once a city of magic and splen dor. Now, a hundred years after the Rupture scarred the sky and devastated the land and its people, magic is no more than a myth. Until one night when Koffi, an indentured beastkeeper at the infamous Night Zoo, unex- pectedly unleashes a dangerous, untamed power that has been secretly brewing within her for years. She sets into motion a chilling sequence of events that not only upends her whole world but also links her to a complicated stranger with secrets of his own. As a warrior-in-training for the elite Sons of the Six, Ekon's task is to stop Koffi in her at- tempt to flee the Night Zoo. Instead, she saves him from the Shetani-the monster that has plagued Lkossa for nearly a century and stalked Ekon's nightmares. Following their chance encounter with the beast, Koffi and Ekon-each with a hidden agenda-strike a tentative bargain, teaming up to capture the Shetani as a hoped-for solution to their dire circumstances. To do so, they must enter the Greater Jungle, a world steeped in wild, frightening magic and untold dangers. But once the hunt begins, it quickly becomes unclear whether they are the hunters or the hunted. The start of a stunning and sweeping fantasy series from debut author Ayana Gray, Beasts of Prey is an epic adventure where monsters hide in plain sight and two determined teens must decide whether to fight for what they've always dreamed of-or for each other.