Mortal Path

"A gut-kick of a read, with non-stop action and as inventive a world as I've ever seen." -Vicki Pettersson, New York Times bestselling author of the Signs of the Zodiac series "Great characters who jump from the page; a smart, layered plot, and pacing that screams. This is the kind of book that makes you look forward to a rainy day." -John Gilstrap, author of Nathan's Run "Readers…will devour Banks's clever and compelling Mortal Path series. Assassins, demons, and danger, oh my!" -Lisa Gardner, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Love You More   Dakota Banks has taken the supernatural thriller and given it a breathtaking new twist! Deliverance is the third book in Banks's relentlessly exciting urban fantasy series, Mortal Path, featuring heroine Maliha Crayne, once a demon's henchwoman and paranormal assassin now determined to atone for her centuries of murderous acts. A cross between Tomb Raider's Lara Croft and Marvel Comics's Elektra, Maliha finds her powers are rapidly fading in Deliverance, and discovers that her quest to avoid eternal damnation has put those she loves most in gravest peril. Banks's Deliverance delivers suspense and edge-of-your-seat adventure-a non-stop paranormal roller coaster ride that fans of Jeaniene Frost, James Rollins, Vicki Pettersson, and Indiana Jones, won't want to miss.

Three hundred years ago, she sold her soul to a demon. Now she wants it back. For centuries, the woman calling herself Maliha Crayne has lived a second life-as an assassin for the malevolent creature who owns her soul. A haunted killer with the blood of countless victims on her hands, she has finally discovered a way to nullify the demonic pact that chains her: If she saves a life for every one she has taken, she will be free. But if she fails, her punishments will be unspeakable, unendurable . . . and neverending.

"Chilling, thrilling, and a page turner!" -Heather Graham, New York Times bestselling author of The Killing Edge "Dakota Banks is firing on all cylinders." -Steve Berry, New York Times bestselling author of The Charlemagne Pursuit Author Dakota Banks dazzles with dark magic in Sacrifice, the second book in her urban fantasy series Mortal Path featuring Maliha Crayne, the former immortal assassin known as the Black Ghost-a bewitching cross between  Lara Croft and Elektra. Banks offers a new twist on supernatural thrillers with this action-packed, edge-of-your-seat adventure that fans of Vicki Pettersson and James Rollins won't want to miss. Join Maliha in her ongoing quest save her damned soul, as she battles unspeakable evil to atone for the countless sins of her long and bloody past.