It's a demon-eat-demon world Just when Nick Gautier thinks he's finally gotten a handle on how not to take over the world & destroy it Death returns with an all-star cast that is determined to end the Malachai reign & lineage forever Worse? Death & War have found the one true enemy Nick can't find & even if he did it's one he could never bring himself to banish or kill Now framed for murders he hasn't committed & surrounded by new friends who might be turncoats Nick is learning fast how his father went down in flames The heat in New Orleans is rising fast & Nick's threat-level has gone into a whole new level of intensity He's learning quickly that when War & Death decide to battle they don't take prisoners They don't negotiate & they're immune to both his biting sarcasm & Cajun charm To win this he will have to embrace a new set of powers but one wrong step & he will belong to the side of Darkness forever The eighth book in bestselling author Sherrilyn Kenyon's fantasy YA series featuring Nick Gautier from the Dark-Hunter world