The afterlife bites. Hard. Prime Vampires, shapeshifting spider witches, necromancers, vampire game police, zombies, even the head of a government task force on terrorism are all dying to get their hands on body-jumping spirit Tamsin West as she hunts the gang of Soul Eaters who doomed her to dust.
After sacrificing herself to save her lover, the Fae Hunter, Drake, Tamsin has finally located a new body: a young Faerie witch murdered by magic. Unfortunately, the girl’s coven believes Tamsin responsible for their sister’s death. If she doesn’t want to end up right back as a swirl of spiritual dust, she better find the real killers. Fast.
That’s not her only problem. Tamsin owes a blood debt to Prince Duprey, the most powerful elemental Prime Vampire in Chicago and he’s looking to collect. ‘All the world’s a stage and the men and women merely players’ is more than just a cliché to these vampires. To keep the boredom of immortality at bay, Primes indulge in complex role-playing games that turn our world into a living game board.
Her enemy, the Soul Eater Bartholomew Knightly, has himself become a playing piece of Duprey’s opponent. The Prince believes Tamsin can give him the winning edge in the current level. Too bad the other side thinks the same thing about her boyfriend.
If Tamsin wants to get her hands on Knightly and just maybe put body and soul back together, she and Drake will have to play by vampire rules.
The lovers are forced onto opposite sides of the magical mayhem by unbreakable supernatural bargains. As Primes battle hand-to-hand and spell-to-spell in a collapsing hospital, the two must make impossible choices to survive a curse that could destroy them both.
