Now a driver in the chariot races, Nic is still a target of the Praetors because of the magical amulet he found, and they will do anything to get their hands on it--and meanwhile Atroxia is beginning to wake up.

After solving a deadly case in the small town of Lobo's Nod, seventeen-year-old Jazz, the son of history's most infamous serial murderer, travels to New York City to help the police track down the Hat-Dog Killer.

In a world where disease has been eliminated, the only way to die is to be randomly killed by professional reapers. Two teens must compete with each other to become a reaper--a position neither of them wants. The one who becomes a scythe must kill the other.