Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
A girl must join forces with rogue exorcists to save her sister and, ultimately, humanity, in the first in a must-read paranormal duology from New York Times bestselling author Rachel Vincent. The Church is everywhere.It runs the city. It defends the populace from the demons beyond the wall.But what if it's the church that should be feared?
Sixteen-year-old Nina Kane should be worrying about her immortal soul hers is a world where they re in short supply but only she can protect her younger sister, Mellie, and Mellie s unborn child, a child that the Church believes shouldn t exist.
There are only two options.Mellie can pledge her life and her baby s life to the Church. Or she and Nina can go on the run. They choose the latter. Because it's kill or be killed.To save her sister, Nina will need to put her trust in Finn, a fugitive and rogue exorcist. What they ll do together will change the face of the world.
Holy hellfire, indeed.
And don't miss the spellbinding sequel,
The Flame Never Dies.
Haunting, unsettling and eerily beautiful.
--Rachel Caine, author of the
New York Times bestselling Morganville Vampires series
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Un-put-down-able."--
Kirkus Reviews
A hugely fun and
entertaining read."--SLJ
"Vincent (the Soul Screamers series) carves out an
intriguing niche in the post-apocalyptic landscape . . . plenty of reasons for readers to look forward to the next installment."--
PW
Eerily reminiscent of Margaret Atwood s The Handmaid s Tale . . .
fans of Divergent and The Hunger Games will love the complexity of the setting and characters. --
VOYA
"The gritty world is compellingly presented . . . much to consider."--
The Bulletin
A devil of a thriller.
Booklist
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About the Author
From RACHEL VINCENT,
New York Times bestselling author, comes the first book in a new series about a girl who must join forces with rogue exorcists to save her sister and, ultimately, humanity.
Sixteen-year-old Nina Kane should be worrying about her immortal soul, but she’s too busy trying to actually survive. Her town’s population has been decimated by soul-consuming demons, and souls are in short supply. Watching over her younger sister, Mellie, and scraping together food and money are all that matters. The two of them are a family. They gave up on their deadbeat mom a long time ago.
When Nina discovers that Mellie is keeping a secret that threatens their very existence, she’ll do anything to protect her. Because in New Temperance, sins are prosecuted as crimes by the brutal Church and its army of black-robed exorcists. And Mellie’s sin has put her in serious trouble.
To keep them both alive, Nina will need to trust Finn, a fugitive with deep green eyes who has already saved her life once and who might just be an exorcist. But what kind of exorcist wears a hoodie?
Wanted by the Church and hunted by dark forces, Nina knows she can’t survive on her own. She needs Finn and his group of rogue friends just as much as they need her.
“Haunting, unsettling and eerily beautiful.”
--Rachel Caine, author of the New York Times bestselling Morganville Vampires series