Winter has come to Railston. Shattered from the loss of his old life, Thomas Pillar hides, chilled by the past as much as the falling snow. Ross Medford, more media sensation than detective, knows his days as head of the Pillar taskforce are numbered. Both men have hit a standstill, but that's about to change. After a failed suicide attempt, Pillar finds himself in the condemned hotel Elysian Falls, living amongst Railston's homeless. Vagrants are being, picked off by a mercurial stranger wielding a sword, their bodies carved with an otherworldly message: EXIT US. No one knows what it means, but Pillar realizes the hunter is searching for something he possesses, a key that will open a doorway to another realm. As Ross and his team draw near, demonic forces clash and a trail of murder blazes through the city-a trail that leads straight to Pillar. Can Pillar stop a madman obsessed with igniting a demon apocalypse? How can he defeat an opponent, who knows more about his purpose than he does? One thing is certain. If Pillar fails, the world may never see another spring.
