The Veil grows weak. The Rising is upon us. There are possibly a thousand horrible futures and only a few bearable ones. Every choice made may very well be the butterfly that calls the hurricane. Temi doesn't want to be what she is... what she did. But the past is the past and there is no going back. Does the chance the Societies give her lead to salvation or slavery? Bill Fontaine has seen a lot, but surely there's a limit to how far the bounds of logic can stretch, right? A tween who thinks she's a queen begs to differ. Carlos is the bearer of a shattered heart. A soldier by nature, he commits himself to a hopeless battle to save a young soul. He definitely doesn't expect how far that young soul will change his life, faith and heart. Nathaniel Sparrow has both immense power and none at all. The world is changing on the dawn of the Rising, and he'll seize every chance to win power in two worlds. August never meant any harm by saving her brother from certain death. Her Society doesn't think so though. Sometimes family can get you locked up for a non-crime. Then again, family can get you out of tight situations too.

Abner Ingleseid isn't an ordinary detective. He works solely for Hell, and being a previous resident himself, he knows the playing field pretty well. So when a group of ex-militia Demons are murdered, the race is on to find the killer before he summons an ancient, unearthly evil. But Ingleseid and his friends soon learn that the case is far more dangerous than they thought when its ties to an evil older than time itself is revealed. If Ingleseid wants to get out alive, he'll have to deal with demons, vampires, witches, fairies, zombies, the soldiers of Heaven and Hell, and even the king of the Underworld himself. Time is running out. If Ingleseid doesn't solve the case soon, he, his city, and everyone he cares about will pay the price. Cover by aishalam. Title by Everleigh_

Two vanished. One came back.