Johnny Viridian's demon of an ex-girlfriend had returned to ruin his life. For weeks he searched for the murderous Saraqael, only to come up empty-handed at every turn. When one of the boys showed up on the steps of Emerald Manor covered in deep claw marks, half-dead, Johnny was presented with still another mystery to solve; what was the thing that attacked Ricky?
That same night, after healing Ricky's wounds, Johnny and Jenny discovered what Saraqael had in store for them. She'd styled herself Sara Starling, Anthem City's newest sweetheart, and she was preaching against the Devil, and his wife, to thousands of her followers every night in person, and through a televised cable program.
Saraqael and her Starlings set out to expose infernals and celestials to the world, driving Johnny to desperate measures to stop them from putting Jenny, Billy, and the boys in danger. Every night he hunted the creature that Saraqael called her beast, while losing himself in the darkness he thought he had long left behind.
No one knew that there was someone more dangerous waiting, and watching...