"Your loyalties should always lie with death. "
Esme is a reaper in the city of Philadelphia, but she's not just any reaper. She's the Grim Reaper's right hand-the Strategos. Her title gives her power and control over the reapers in every city she visits, something she doesn't care for. What she does care for are the souls on everyone's lists. Even if she doesn't collect or appear like the rest of the reapers, she's content with doing things her own way until she realizes that something is amiss in the world of the dead and with her. Even with her ex trying to win her back, Esme must dive deeper into the world of reapers, demons, and witches. In this world, lies are buried deep. Some lies are big, some small-and both kinds can be just as deadly as the other.
Along with a rag-tag group of allies, Esme will have to untangle the truth from the web of lies, deceit, seduction, and betrayal woven by others and herself-before it's too late for everyone involved. All while struggling with her own inner demons...