An emotionally-charged contemporary fantasy of love, sacrifice and ancient enchantments as Polish folklore thrives in today's Chicago, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Divergent, Chosen Ones and Arch-Conspirator.

Step into a city where monsters feast on human emotions,
knights split their souls to make their weapons, and
witches always take more than they give.
Pain is Dymitr’s calling. To slay the monsters he’s been
raised to kill, he had to split his soul in half to make a
sword from his own spine. Every time he draws it, he gets
blood on his hands.
Pain is Ala’s inheritance. When her mother died, a family
curse to witness horrors committed by the Holy Order was
passed onto her. The curse will claim her life, as it did her
mother’s, unless she can find a cure.
One fateful night in Chicago, Dymitr comes to Ala with
a bargain: her help in finding the legendary witch Baba
Jaga in exchange for an enchanted flower that just might
cure her. Desperate, and unaware of what Dymitr really
is, Ala agrees.
But they only have one day before the flower dies, and
Ala’s hopes of breaking the curse along with it.