Future Atlanta is an interesting place to live: one moment magic dominates & cars stall & guns fail. The next technology takes over & the defensive spells no longer protect your house from monsters. Here skyscrapers topple under the onslaught of magic; the Pack a paramilitary clan of shapechangers prowl through the ruined streets; & the Masters of the Dead necromancers driven by their thirst for knowledge & wealth pilot blood-crazed vampires with their minds. Kate Daniels likes her sword a little too much & she has a hard time controlling her mouth. The magic in her blood makes her a target & shes spent most of her life hiding in plain sight. But when Kates guardian is murdered she must choose to do nothing & remain safe or to risk her life by pursuing his preternatural killer. Hiding is easy but the right choice is rarely easy.. .