Derick hunts demons. He has been doing it for as long as he remembers. He does it because protect the people in his city is his duty.
It’s always been a straightforward job, until a demon saves his life.
What does it mean for Derick that a demon wants him to live? What does it mean for the world he knows? The people he is supposed to protect? When the most basic fact his life is built upon might not be true, how is he supposed to figure out who the enemies are? Who his allies are?
And if all sides want him dead, should he even bother fighting them?
Derick has left behind Amanda, Jason, and the organization they represent. He's even left Claws in the Dark behind, in an attempt at figuring out what he is.
He finds a place to settle in and try to be human, to be normal. He tries to leave hunting demons behind too, but he finds he can’t. He can’t leave humans to die, even if sometimes he wants to kill them himself.
Still, he thinks he can stay there, until the army shows up "asking" for his help; Amanda's gotten herself captured by an old creation of hers. Derick is ready to tell them no, but she's not the only one who's been captured.
Having made is choice, he goes with the army to face Amanda's old creation. But will Derick end up facing more than he can handle?
Derrick went to the wilds to find himself. But his enemies keep him on the move. He finds a place that shouldn’t exist, and as he grows comfortable there, someone from his past return.
Derick’s maker is in trouble again, and his help is needed. When Claws makes it clear he will go help the army by himself, Derrick agrees to go and is reunited with old friends and enemies.
Derick and his enemy must infiltrate a city where criminals and demons work together. Only things are never as simple as they seem when Amanda’s involved.
And what must Derrick do when there is something out there that scares even Claws?
The final book in Derick’s story finds him trying to make peace with his past, deal with the present and get a sense of what his future holds. Read this incredible urban fantasy story today and find what comes of Derick and those around him when it’s all said and done.
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