When a mystical warning from a vulnerable girl helps Len Doyle avoid a bloodbath, he wants answers. If there's one thing a professional killer doesn't like, it's loose ends. In return for her secrets, the young girl wants shelter and protection. But in hindsight, maybe he should have found out what she needed protecting from.....

After recovering from their mauling during the battle with The Pariah, Doyle and his companions are back in the hunt. A daemonic child-killer is on the loose, leaving dozens of shattered lives in its wake. Following the trail of supernatural destruction, they soon cross paths with a secretive warrior lying in wait for her most hated enemy. Can Doyle and Briar trust her? Or will her thirst for vengeance see them all dead?