This is the first book in a new urban fantasy-thriller series with the perfect amount of wry humour and a sassy female lead, which will delight all fans of thrillers and fantasy alike. Rachel Morgan is a white witch and runner working for Inderland Security, in an alternate world where a bioengineered virus wiped out a great deal of the world's human population - exposing the existence of the supernatural communities that had long lived alongside humanity.

For the last five years Rachel has been tracking down law-breaking Inderlanders in modern-day Cincinnati, but now she wants to leave and start her own agency. Her only problem is that no one quits the I.S. Marked for death, Rachel will have to fend off fairy assassins and homicidal weres armed with an assortment of nasty curses. She's a dead witch walking unless she can appease her former employers by exposing the city's most prominent citizen as a drug lord. But, making an enemy of the ambiguous Trent Kalamack is just as deadly as leaving the I.S.

"Fast-paced and loads of fun--the perfect read when you just want to get away from things for a bit." -- Fantasy & Science Fiction

A wonderfully fun romp through the supernatural world, a spellbinding blend of sharp wit and vivid imagination. -- --Kelley Armstrong

Blends the best qualities of Anita Blake and Stephanie Plum... Kim Harrison carries it off with style. -- --Jim Butcher

You'll love this bounty-hunter team. … A fun-fair ride through a fascinating version of our world. -- --Charlaine Harris

Author Biography

The only girl in a large family of boys, former tomboy Kim Harrison invented the first Brigadier General Barbie in self-defence. She shoots a very bad game of pool and rolls a very good game of dice. When not at her keyboard, she enjoys lounging on the couch with a bowl of popcorn watching action movies with The-Guy-In-The-Leather-Jacket. She plays her Ashiko drum when no one is listening, and is hard to find when the moon is new.