New Orleans, Louisiana. 2015. A bank is robbed and two guards killed under the unblinking eye of a security camera that shows…not exactly nothing. There’s plenty of blood, but no evidence on the videos to show who—or what—is doing the killing. Human victims. Human Only establishments. Preternatural killer. It's not the first, and it won't be the last. It’s been almost three years since a vampire burst into flames on television and humans were forced to face a new world where supernatural beings exist. Some are more accepting than others—ask Sam Garrett and Travis Boudreaux, former NOPD detectives. Once human, they find themselves part of the preternatural world. Different lives, different rules. An invisible killer. Humans Only separatist groups. A vampire with political ambitions who might be forming his own army. No one's safe in a world where humans—and supers—are forced to adapt, or die. Working together as part of a team sanctioned by Homeland Security to carry out Justice Department decrees, Sam and Travis ensure the deadliest of supers pay for their crimes. Permanently. Warning: This is a steamy urban fantasy. In this series the vampires don’t sparkle, werewolves kill, and the men sometimes have sex. With each other. The Altered States Series should be read in the following order: Altered States (The Prequel) Deep Blues Goodbye Deadly Shades of Gold Free Falling Crimson