"At the tender age of twenty-seven, Merit became a
sword-wielding vampire. Since then, she's become the
protector of her House, watched Chicago nearly burn to the
ground, and seen her Master fall and rise. Now she'll see
her mettle--and her metal--tested like never before. It
starts when two Rogues vanish without a trace. Someone is
targeting Chicago's vampires, and anyone could be next. With
their House in peril, Merit and her Master, centuries-old
Ethan Sullivan, must race to stop the disappearances. But as
they untangle a web of secret alliances and ancient evils,
they realize their foe is more familiar, and more powerful,
than they could have ever imagined"--