This is the second book in the Deadman's Cross series - where Deadmen tell their tales, and every soul is damned or redeemed by the final choices they make.

The Deadmen are back. But so are the demons who have broken free of their eternal prison and are bent on mankind's destruction. The worst of the lot is Vine, determined to claim their lives for taking hers. She will see the world burn . . . and has the perfect lure to destroy them all: one of their own.

Kalder Dupree has never known a day of mercy. Born to the cruelest of mer-races, he sacrificed himself for his crew and is in Vine's hands. He expects no mercy or rescue.

Yet Cameron Jack is determined to set Kalder free. As a Hellchaser, it's her calling, and she cannot allow even a not-so-innocent to be tortured for an act of kindness that spared her damnation.

Vine thought she had her hands full before, but she hasn't seen anything nearly as powerful as Cameron's resolve . . .

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