The Invocations,New

From the author of New York Times bestseller House of Hollow comes a darkly seductive witchy thriller where, though both men and demons lurk in shadows, girls refuse to go quietly into the night.Three girls, one supernatural killer on the loose . . .Zara Jones believes in magic because the alternative is too painful to considerthat her murdered sister is gone forever and there is nothing she can do about it. Rather than grieving and moving on, Zara decides she will do whatever it takes to claw her sister back from the graveeven trading in the occult.Jude Wolf may be the daughter of a billionaire, but she is also undeniably cursed. After a deal with a demon went horribly wrong, her soul has been slowly turning necrotic. Its a miserable existence marred by pain, sickness, and monstrous things that taunt her in the night. Now that shes glimpsed whats beyond the veil, Judes desperate to ?nd someone to undo the damage shes done to herself.Enter Emer Byrne, an orphaned witch with a dark past and a deadly power, a.k.a. the solution to both Zaras and Judes problems. Though Emer lives a hardscrabble life, she gives away her most valuable assether invocationsto women in desperate situations who are willing to sacri?ce a piece of their soul in exchange for a scrap of power. Zara and Jude are willing, but they ?rst have to ?nd Emer.When Emers clients start turning up dead all over London, a vital clue leads Zara and Jude right to her. If a serial killer is targeting her clients, Emer wants to know whyand to stop them. She strikes a tenuous alliance with Zara and Jude to hunt a killer before they are next on his list, even if she cant give them in return what Zara and Jude want most: a sister and a soul.