The stunning sequel to the award-nominated THE SHAPE OF MONSTERS narrated by Omari Douglas (IT’S A SIN, BLACK DOVES).

The delicate balance between the realms of human and monster is shattered. Reality is unravelling and cosmic forces are rising from the dark.

Aleks Kercheval has come into his true power, and unwittingly unleashes an ancient, chaotic deity that threatens to consume everything. His sister Vaira, corrupted by the Void and driven by her thoughts of revenge, returns with an army at her back.

With the boundaries between worlds beginning to crumble, magic has become unpredictable and weak. Mages and monsters are fighting over the scraps of power left to them, and unlikely alliances form in a desperate bid to prevent the annihilation of both worlds. Meanwhile, the ruthless Lani Dunholm schemes to use Aleks for her own ends.

Ilea, bound to Aleks, struggles to contain the growing chaos within him. As Aleks grapples with his godlike abilities and the temptations they bring, Ilea must find a way to keep him human – or risk losing him to the power they helped unleash.

There is a hole in the wall by Shadow Jack’s bed. It is no bigger than a pin prick, and the wind that blows from it is cold and bitter and smells of death. Shadow Jack knows that smell better than his own. He has spent his life as an altar boy scrubbing blood from the chiselled grooves and delicate carvings on the stone altars that are dotted through the temple.

When he was first given, he was innocent enough to be tasked with only the duty of keeping the upper temple clean. There, the great altar is made of black stone and it sits under a wooden carving of their gods. One of them, or an approximation thereof. It is very delicate work, cleaning the great altar, but at least it is safe.

The hole whispers and hisses, tiny grains of stone moving as the hole widens itself, pressing indecipherable promises into Jack’s brain.