Hailed by RT Book Reviews as "fresh and original...stark and
lovely," a heroic fantasy by an award-winning author about a young woman
who is trained in the art of the sinister hand of magic. A Locus
Magazine Bestseller.
Isobel, upon her sixteenth birthday, makes the choice to work for the
Boss called the Devil by some, in his territory west of the Mississippi.
But this is not the devil you know. This is a being who deals fairly
with immense--but not unlimited--power, who offers opportunities to
people who want to make a deal, and they always get what they deserve.
But his land is a wild west that needs a human touch, and that's where
Izzy comes in. Inadvertently trained by him to see the clues in and
manipulations of human desire, Izzy is raised to be his left hand and
travel circuit through the territory helping those in need. As we all
know, where there is magic there is chaos...and death.