Smoke and Blades

They lit the first spark when they murdered Captain John Gaunt’s wife, they just didn’t realize where the fuse led.

Gaunt isn’t going to let a little thing like death separate him from the woman he loves, or a little thing like an army get between him and Jonas Reach.

When Reach leaves Gaunt and his wife for dead, Gaunt uses outlawed magic to break into the spirit world and retrieve her soul. Together, as a masked vigilante and his wraith, they hunt the criminal underworld of Free Reign seeking revenge.

Policing a city powered by magic isn’t easy for Inspector Maeve Scurlock of the Free Reign wardens. She must track the rampaging vigilante, tackle a secret cult of monastic soul-eating angels, and hunt Jonas Reach as he attempts to raze the city to the ground with an ancient artifact of dark thaumaturgy.

When her investigations reveal that the plot to destroy Free Reign reaches the highest levels, Maeve must break all the rules and ally with the only person who can stop the city’s destruction, a soulless man who wears a mask and commands a deadly wraith.

Two characters sworn to protect Free Reign, one for justice and one for revenge. When they battle a madman trying to destroy it, sparks are going to fly.