The second volume in a noirish gritty urban fantasy for adults from the bestselling Children's author. In the City The Cardinal rules & Al Jeery is a loyal member of his personal guard. But when Al is seconded from his duties at Party Central to investigate a murder an unexpected discovery leads him in a new direction where his loyalties & beliefs will be severely tested. Soon he is involved in a terrifying mystery that draws in the dead the City's Incan forefathers the imposing figure of the Cardinal & the near-mythical assassin Paucar Wami. Wami is a law unto himself a shadowy enigmatic figure who can apparently kill anyone he chooses without fear of punishment or retribution. & Al is about to find out that he has a lot more in common with Wami than he could ever have imagined!