As an operative of the Dirk & Steele agency, Blue has witnessed humanity at its very worst. The atrocities humans visit on each other, and on every other living thing on the planet, never cease to amaze him. But tonight, in Indonesia, Blue has a chance to take on one of the biggest "bads" of all and bring him to his knees.

Blue has tracked the head of an organ selling ring to the dark streets of Jakarta and tonight intends to make the bastard pay for all the hurt he's so cavalierly spread across the globe, and all for the sake of a buck. Blue starts out the night with what he thinks is a pretty good plan, but he ends up at the wrong end of a bomb and is severely injured in the blast. In a coma, Blue is rescued by his friends at the agency and taken away to recover. When he regains consciousness, Blue is eager to return to work, but fate intervenes and he's forced to head home.

Now, instead of tracking down a killer, Blue is sent to find his missing brother, Daniel, and bring him back to their father. Daniel's trail leads straight to Las Vegas, where Blue not only finds Daniel, who has no intention of returning to hearth and home, but the lovely and enigmatic Iris McGillis. Iris is part of a popular circus act in Vegas, working as an animal tamer. A shape-shifter herself, Iris, like the majority of the "mutants" hiding in plain sight among the rest of humanity, she likes to keep a low profile. Although she's drawn to Blue, she's also a bit suspicious. When a stranger begins sending Iris threatening letters, Blue promises to protect her. But it soon becomes obvious that her stalker is much more dangerous than any ordinary man should be. Blue's life is about to come full circle, and he isn't nearly ready enough for what is ahead.

This is one of the best, if not "the" best paranormal romance series around. Marjorie Liu has quickly risen to the top of the best-seller lists and deservedly so. Everything is right -- storylines, characters, continuity. There is simply not a better read.