But Peri lives and dies on her intuition, and she begins to piece her twisted reality together as she flees her one-time secure situation at Opti and tries to find the truth with a sullen but talented psychologist named Silas who works for the very agency trying to bring the Opti corruption to light. Her unique ability to jump back 40 seconds in time to correct a mistake leaves her vulnerable when her partner, who is responsible for replacing her memory of the event, gives her a false one. The Bourne Identity meets Minority Report in this first highly anticipated installment in number-one New York Times best-selling author Kim Harrison's sexy new romantic suspense trilogy, featuring a brilliant special task agent at the top of her field and set in a futuristic Detroit.ĭuring a routine but dangerous Opti task, Peri Reed finds out her trusted partner has made her a corrupt agent. and prevent an apocalypse before it's too late. With this unlikely ally beside her-a prospect both thrilling and unnerving-she's going to return to the ever after, kick some demon butt, rescue her loved ones. She's also got a surprise: elven tycoon Trent Kalamack. But Rachel has more than a few impressive and frightening skills of her own, and she isn't going to hand over her soul and her life without one hell of a fight.

He's already kidnapped her friend and goddaughter to lure her out, and if Rachel doesn't give herself up soon, they'll die.

It's also made her more than a few enemies, including the most powerful demon in the ever after-a terrifying entity who eats souls and now has an insatiable appetite for her. That little mistake has made her life forfeit unless she can fix it. There's also the small fact that she caused the ley line to rip in the first place, setting off a chain reaction of unfortunate events. While saving the world is important, it isn't Rachel's only motivation. It's up to witch-turned-daywalking-demon Rachel Morgan to avert catastrophe and keep life from changing. If it disappears completely, so does all magic.

The ever after, the demonic realm that parallels the human world, is shrinking.

For a few demons more by kim harrison