Gatekeeper Chronicles

Adopted by Brahma Corp's Assassin Guild and raised as one of their own, Malina Hayes is about to make her fiftieth kill. After bringing down forty-nine of London's worst criminals, this latest job shouldn't be a big deal. But if Malina is successful, she'll receive her first milestone mark. Ascension in the ranks, better pay, and a swanky flat in Soho all sound like very good reasons to make this kill count. But fate and destiny have different plans for Malina. Seconds away from receiving the coveted milestone mark, Malina is torn away from the world she knows and thrust onto a new path-one where the purity of her soul will determine the very fate of mankind. Trouble is, Malina's kill orders were a lie. The targets she assassinated were innocents, and each one has left a terrible stain on her soul. Stains she must now remove, at any cost. Atoning for the blood of fifty victims is no mean feat, especially for someone who has spent their entire life killing. But if Malina fails, the lock on the gates of the underworld will crumble to dust. And we all know what happens when a legion of demons is unleashed upon the world . . . Especially when they have their sights set on you.

Now that Malina is the Gatekeeper-in-Training of the underworld, her life is a wee bit different. Instead of spending her days killing innocents, she's protecting them by catching the bad guys who want to drink their blood and steal their souls. Plus, she's immortal, can eat without gaining an ounce, and is damn near hard to kill. Pretty good, right? Unfortunately, not everything is going as smoothly as Malina would like. The latest bad guy on her radar, a rogue vampire, is proving impossible to pin. Leaving a string of missing persons in his wake, and showcasing some serious ninja skills, this target isn't exactly the stop and chat type. And if that wasn't bad enough, life has also decided to throw in a series of witch blood kidnappings, and an investigation order from the Mayfair Coven's High Witch. With people disappearing left right and center, Malina and her friends have to find the perpetrators-fast. But the deeper they dig, the less things add up, and soon they find themselves with far more questions than answers. If Malina wants to come out on top of this mess, she's going to have to learn to weed the truth from the lies. But if she's not careful, the truth just might kill her . . .

Still reeling from loss, Malina throws herself into her biggest and most personal case yet-liberating her mother from the Daughter of Chaos. The stakes are high, time is running short, and the path to freeing Diya is fraught with conflict and danger. Now, more than ever, Malina will need the support and expertise of her allies: Ajitah's quiet strength, Loki and Drake's magical expertise, Aaron's support, and Carmella's compassion. But most of all she'll need Garuda-her anchor in the storm. With her friends by her side anything seems possible. All they need is time. But fate can be a cruel mistress, and what we need isn't always what we get. A war is on the horizon, and Malina will learn that when it comes to war, one loss is never all you're given. And in order to win, she'll have to play dirty . . .