The prelude to the new series by bestselling author Sarah J. Maas! Magic, music - and deadly danger: Young Bryce Quinlan, half-fae and half-human, enjoys every pleasure Crescent City's nights have to offer. But then her best friend Danika is brutally murdered by a demon - and for Bryce, her whole world comes crashing down. When the demon strikes again two years later, Bryce is drawn into the investigation against her will and must work with Hunt Athalar. An angel who is notorious as a conscienceless contract killer - and with whom Bryce gets involved in a game with fire. As the two follow the demon's trail deep into the city's underworld, they discover a malevolent force that could lay waste to all of Crescent City ....