"Agent Tessa Wells-Lancing is an experienced intelligence operative being recruited by Death itself. Jack de Sombras is an accused traitor who "died" at the hands of his accusers. Together they discover a diabolical enterprise and murderous entity thriving in southwest Colorado. Back home they face enemies and there is every chance they'll have to kill each other before they're done. When crime bosses suddenly turn up dead, no one cares until innocent bystanders are slaughtered in the resulting territorial wars. Rumors abound that ghosts and evil spirits in the ancient dwellings of Colorado's canyons are responsible for the killing. It falls to Tessa Lancing and her burgeoning relationship with Death to find the perpetrator of these bizarre crimes, along with the powerful device capable of mesmerizing sane men into self-destruction. She knows she needs her old partner, Jack, for this mission to succeed. Now Tessa and Jack find themselves in a desperate fight with an ancient evil spirit and a modern crooked sheriff. Can they discover the truth before Death comes for Tessa or assassins come for Jack? Can they keep their own secrets in a town filled with deadly mysteries? And can Tessa reject a direct order from her Agency to terminate the treasonous Jack de Sombras - the man she may love? From the charmingly deranged mind of author T.E. MacArthur, creator of the steampunk Volcano Lady and Gaslight Adventures of Tom Turner series, and The Lou Tanner Mystery: A Place of Fog and Murder"--,Provided by publisher.