"A page-turning adventure... teens will eat it up." -VOYA
"A great read that left me hoping for more." -YA Reads
"Pietron does a brilliant job introducing romantic undertones into
this high-action, intriguing novel." -Teen Reads
Sixteen-year-old Jack Ironwood knew exactly what he wanted.
Until he got it.
Jack was content to stay unnoticed by pretty and popular track star,
Natalie Segetich, until her best friend Emma disappears. Natalie swears
something took Emma, and though most people write Natalie off as
traumatized and confused, Jack is a soulshifter and he knows the
human-stealing Enuuki--hell's messengers--are real. As a soulshifter,
Jack can cross into the underworld so he sees Emma's rescue as an
opportunity to prove himself a valuable member of his transcendental
sect--and a way to secure a future otherwise out of his reach. Although
he needs Natalie's help to prepare for the mission, Jack intends to go
to the underworld alone. But as a viable plan takes shape, it's clear
the best chance of success means Natalie must accompany him. On the eve
of the quest, when Jack is promised the hand of a respected elder's
daughter--a dream come true--he realizes he's no longer sure what he
wants. But it's too late to back out, not with the sect and Natalie
counting on him. Pursued by the dark lord's henchmen and ghastly mutant
creatures, Jack and Natalie struggle to come out ahead in a battle and
barter for souls. In the end, Jack will have to decide his own fate,
because nothing short of a deal with the devil will get all three of
them out of hell alive.
