Mathew Pembrock continues to seek a cure for the Blight that is destroying Humanity. Joined by a group of unlikely comrades, he journeys beyond the Turning to seek help from those he once called "angels", the mysterious Akacha, yet help is elusive and Mathew encounters grave danger when the Akacha turn out to be less than angelic and "Human" is a word to conjure fear. More troubling still, the Spider Queen Ariadnii seems to be helping him.
Do we really deserve saving if the Devil wants us to live? The second book in the Crow Dark Sea trilogy.