Like most mob bosses in L.A., he''s a powerful sorcerer, battling for control of the city, gathering up the magic of violent and powerful emotions and storing it for his own use. Back in the day, Rashan saved me from the streets and made me his lieutenant. You could say I''m his go-to girl.

When a fellow gangster is ritually executed, I have to find out which of Rashan''s enemies was behind it-and why. The cryptic messages I''m getting from the Beyond tell me it wasn''t a simple hit.

With the bodies piling up, I need to win an occult gang war, take out the supernatural traitor within our outfit and, oh yeah, deal with the mixed messages I''m getting from the boss''s son...