Bridget O'Shea is a mother, a successful business woman, an expert on antiques...and a thief, a damn good one. But when she steals an ancient relic from a Manhattan apartment, she acquires a curse in the form of a Sumerian demon. The demon wants something from Bridget, killing people she cares about to force her cooperation, and it will continue to kill unless she meets its demands. Next in the demon's sights? Bridget's teenage son. Bridget must learn to communicate with the demon, divine what it wants, and satisfy it to keep her son alive. But she soon discovers that mollifying a creature from the pits of hell could damn her soul and send the world into chaos. Bridget never wanted to be a hero. That's for suckers. But now, she has no choice. She has to find a way to best the beast and keep its kin from reemerging, or . . . well, there really isn't an "or." She has to win.

Author Biography

USA Today bestselling author Jean Rabe has penned 31 fantasy and adventure novels and more than 70 short stories. When she's not writing, which isn't often, she edits ... two dozen anthologies and more than a hundred magazine issues. Her genre writing includes military, science-fiction, fantasy, urban fantasy, mystery, horror, and modern-day action. She lives in central Illinois near train tracks that provide "music" to type by, and shares her office with three dogs and a surly parrot. She is a member of the International Association of Media Tie-In Writers, International Thriller Writers, and Novelists Inc. Visit her website: jeanrabe.com.