The old gods have fled, and the monsters they had kept at bay for centuries now threaten to drown the city of Valentine, hunting mankind as in ancient times. In the midst of the chaos, a serial killer has begun ritually sacrificing victims, their bodies strewn throughout the city. Lilac Antonis wants to stop the impending destruction of her city by summoning her mother, a blood godтАФeven if she has to slit a few throats to do it. But evading her lover Arcadia and her friends means sneaking, lying, and even spilling the blood of people she loves. Alex and Cecil of Ace Investigations have been tasked with hunting down the killer, but as they close inтАФnot knowing they're hunting their close friend LilacтАФthe detectives realize the gods may not have left willingly. As flooding drags the city into the jaws of sea demons and Arcadia and her evacuation team struggle to save people, LilacтАЩs ritual killings at last bear fruitтАФonly to reveal her as a small piece in a larger plan. The godsтАЩ protection costs far more than anyone has ever known, and Alex and Cecil are running out of time to discover the true culprit behind the godsтАЩ disappearance before an ancient divine murder plot destroys them all.
Sciencefiction en fantasy