Shadows in the City — Jonathan Wright

Before -- Summer of '99…

“Watch out for the crazy bitch, Horn. She's lookin' for the darkness! Seen her prowlin' the alleys and the basements of them places down below Market, where they doin' the reno -- rebuildin', y'know…”

So naturally, Horn goes looking.

Horn's spent the past twenty-five years running, always one step ahead of a nightmare. He has no home, and he never sleeps. He roams the streets, always alert. He does not need emotional complications.

Jasmine Torneau, black and regal, with eyes that could swallow him whole, qualifies as a serious emotional complication. Horn wants to know what she's seeking down there amid the condemned buildings.

And then he just wants her. But finding her means facing his greatest fear. And following her into hell is just the beginning…

Publishers note: This is the prequel to In the Belly of the Night Collection