**A deadly disease outbreak intensifies the war between humans and
monsters in this gripping dark fantasy from the New York
Times-bestselling "master of drip-feeding horror and suspense" (The
Guardian)
There exists a secret and highly illegal trade in mythological creatures
and their artifacts. Certain individuals pay fortunes for a sliver of a
satyr's hoof, a gryphon's claw, a basilisk's scale, or an angel's wing.
Embroiled in the hidden world of the Relics, creatures known as the Kin,
Angela Gough is now on the run in the United States.
Forty years ago, the town of Longford was the site of a deadly disease
outbreak that wiped out the entire population. The infection was
contained, the town isolated, and the valley in which it sits flooded
and turned into a reservoir. The truth--that the outbreak was
intentional, and not every resident of Longford died--disappeared
beneath the waves.
Now the town is revealed again. The Kin have an interest in the ruins,
and soon the fairy Grace and the Nephilim leader, Mallian, are also
drawn to them. When the infection rises from beneath silent waters this
forgotten town becomes the focus of the looming battle between humankind
and the Kin.
