A Curse of Tooth and Claw reimagines the Mexican folktale The Bear Prince. Quirera (Kiki) Xochicale is a Slayer patrolling the border between Ozero, where demons roam the shadows, and the Cicatrix, a mass of darkness, splits the kingdom in two. It's her job to ensure the demons don’t make it past her. When her best friend, Yarixa, goes missing, everyone assumes she's either deserted or been eaten by a demon. But Kiki refuses to believe it. Instead, she follows a trail of clues that lead her into the heart of the Cicatrix and finds that nothing is as it seems.