a standalone, contemporary urban fantasy prequel to Messengers!
The more they fight, the less they have to fight for.
In 2000, two brothers are destined to live. In 2012, two brothers are destined to die. In between, their war could destroy everything.
Eight-year-old Skyhe Nightingale has his family’s affections as the golden child. Sixteen-year-old Serus Nightingale, murderous after years of feeling unwanted, has a mysterious, leather-bound book he found that can summon a demon. And not just any demon—the highest-ranking demon in Detroit.
After Skyhe escapes Serus’s attempt to kill him alongside their parents, Serus makes a deal with this demon to track his brother down. But when Serus proves himself to be a hell of a partner for a human, the demon offers him co-ownership of Detroit’s monsters instead.
Serus decides, forget Skyhe. He decides, time to raise an empire.
Skyhe, struggling to make a life with his best friend years later, has watched demons besiege his city. He doesn’t know they’re Serus’s, but he knows he needs to stop them. And he knows, as soon as he stumbles into the regional office of Cloud 9 Insurance and meets a group of misfit salespeople also affected by the uprising, that they can learn to fight together.
As Cloud 9’s eccentric demon hunting gains Serus’s attention, the Nightingales crash back together in a vicious battle, grief and secrets around every dark corner.
They are unaware that their fall is imminent.
In fact, depending on them, the fall of their entire world could be imminent.
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map by @maryiakapillustrations!