Publisher's Synopsis
A witty, action-packed page-turner.
So I broke into this guy's place to kill him. Don't judge me. Dude ate people's souls. I guess running a criminal empire didn't leave Daddy much time to teach him manners. But this isn't really about him. It's not really about the picture on his shelf either. It's been a couple centuries since the Rising tore the old world up, but we built a new one. Now the Border keeps us safe here in Ash. Sure, undead revenants may burst out of the sewer from time to time, but the church has people on that. And they have lots of explosives. Infernals are the real boogiemen now. They're crazy strong, almost impossible to kill, and they look just like us. So what does that have to do with a picture? On a shelf? That's how I found my personal boogieman. Speak of Ashes is the first installment in the electrifying Chant of the Departed series. Set in a dark urban fantasy future, The Chant of the Departed enthralls with mystery, intrigue, a pinch of sass, and a dash of slow-burn romance. Follow a smart-ass, knife-wielding heroine while she struggles to choose between helping a handsome man on the run and using him for her own ends. When her analyst friend finds the bad guy under the nose of a kind-hearted - but dangerous - clergyman, can Gwyn Hawthorn finally get revenge? Or will a hot-and-cold Templar with an overprotective streak screw everything up? And what's the price of vengeance, when hers isn't the only life on the line?
