"Mags returns to the Collegium, but there are mixed feelings--his included--about his remaining there. No one doubts that he is and should be a Herald, but Mags is afraid that his presence might incite more danger in the heart of Valdemar. The heads of the Collegia are afraid that coming back to his known haunt gives him less protection than if he goes into hiding. All agree that going elsewhere is the solution for now. So why not return to the place...

Angel Bobby Dollar sets out to rescue his girlfriend Casimira being held hostage in the netherworld by the demon Eligor while also trying to elude an undead psychopath named Smyler.

Bobby Dollar, an angel who has taken part in the long battle between Heaven and Hell, must figure out why there are suddenly an unprecedented number of souls missing from both sides and who summoned a Babylonian demon to kill him.