Kira's day job is as an antiquities
expert, but her true calling is as a Shadowchaser. Trained
from youth to be one of the most lethal Chasers in
existence, Kira serves the Gilead Commission, dispatching
the Fallen who sow discord and chaos. Of course, sometimes
Gilead bureaucracy is as much a thorn in her side as
anything the Fallen can muster against her. Right now,
though, she's got a bigger problem. Someone is turning the
city of Atlanta upside down in search of a millennia-old
Egyptian dagger that just happens to have fallen into Kira's
hands.
Then there's Khefar, the dagger's true owner -- a
near-immortal 4,000-year-old Nubian warrior who, Kira has to
admit, looks pretty fine for his age. Joining forces is the
only way to keep the weapon safe from the sinister Shadow
forces, but now Kira is in deep with someone who holds more
secrets than she does, the one person who knows just how
treacherous this fight is. Because every step closer to
destroying the enemy is a step closer to losing herself to
Shadow forever....