It started with an insane mission to a supernatural supermax prison. And when Nikos couldn't summon a phoenix into this world there, he escaped and did it in the middle of the city. Now there's a phoenix loose on D.C., this new magic is burning me from the inside out, and if we—Kipp and me, the SBI, someone—doesn't do something the entire city might be leveled to the ground. Unfortunately, Nikos and the phoenix aren't our only enemies...