"Barakiel is a fantastic hero - weird, complex, enigmatic, but also compassionate and sensitive. . . . Zan is an amazingly strong heroine and so easily relatable that readers will just love her too." - InD'tale Magazine. For centuries, Lucifer's son paid for the sins of his father. Now, he's had enough. Barakiel came to accept his solitude after the rulers of his homeworld banished him to Earth. He takes solace in his duty and enjoys slaughtering the demons his father sends against him at every change of season. ?When someone murders a helpless man and leaves his spleen in the bushes of a Philadelphia park, Barakiel suspects his father is behind it. He offers to consult for the FBI, selling them on his knowledge of the daggers found at the crime scene. Then, Special Agent Zan O'Gara shows up at his door and everything changes. Although Zan has put her painful experiences with men behind her, she's perfectly content to be alone. Until she meets Barakiel. She knows something's not quite right with him, but the stronger part of her thinks he's worth the gamble. As Zan's investigation brings her closer to the truth about Barakiel, his duty compels him to protect the innocent. He'll risk his life to stop Lucifer from claiming another victim, even as Zan gives him more reasons to live than he's ever had before. "One of the best sci-fi suspense romances I've ever read." - Amazon Reviewer. WARNING: This book contains foul language, violence, explicit sex, and sexual violence. Adults only! This is not a stand-alone novel, but the first in a five-part series. The romantic science fantasy continues in The Pain Season, Book II of the Covalent Series, available now.