Autumn rain washes the ancient streets of London, yet it cannot erase the stench of blood. Ellis Vane, owner of Keats Bookshop, hides his five-hundred-year-old vampire identity behind gentle smiles and filed-down fangs. When he is framed beside the body of the fourth supernatural murder victim, his quiet life crumbles.
Fleeing church saint Edith stumbles into the rainy night. Kae, young alpha of the wolf clan, tracks the scent of his missing mother. Adele, an enforcer of the Holy Tribunal, arrives with an order of purification.
Fangs, sacred marks, wolf claws and police sirens intertwine. Humans, vampires and werewolves are all forced onto the blade of fate.
