A supernatural thriller where the heroes return from Hell to find Earth has become it.
The world changed while they were away...
Gabrielle Williams has done the impossible. She pierced the Veil, entered the Beyond, and dragged her husband Cade back from the nightmare realm where he'd been transforming into a monster. Together they've survived spectres, shadow demons, and the corrupting spirit world itself.
But the world they return to is not the one they left behind.
The sky bleeds red. Tornado gods tear across the land. Towns stand empty, abandoned to decay. Every road is choked with rusted vehicles from an exodus that went nowhere. And the only living things they encounter are nightgaunts—bat-winged horrors that hunt humans for sport.
A fight for survival in a world conquered by demons, where the last free humans wage desperate resistance against an enemy that wears the faces of angels.
The truth is worse than they feared. While they were gone, the Adversary and the Seven—fallen angels possessing archangels—completed their conquest. America has been carved into demon territories. In the Northeast, the Regent commands from Manhattan, enforcing his rule with the Knights of the Red Fist and an army of half-breed fomori bred from captured women in forced breeding programs.
The Templar Order has been shattered. Most are dead. The rest have gone underground, scattered into resistance cells barely clinging to survival. Major Hale commands the last functioning commandery, where loyal knights prepare desperate raids to free prisoners from work camps.
And Captain Matthew Riley? He survived the grenade blast. Now commanding the Templar remnants alongside an enigmatic hooded figure, Riley has been holding the line, waiting for the one weapon that might turn the tide.
Cade Williams. The Heretic. The Nephilim.
But Cade is changing. The world's transformation has activated his angelic bloodline. He's faster, stronger, able to tear thoughts from minds with his bare hands. The question is whether these abilities will be enough—or whether he's becoming something just as monstrous.
When fallen angels rule from towers of steel, and humanity has been reduced to livestock, three warriors launch a suicide mission into the heart of darkness.
Gabrielle is captured during a raid and dragged in chains to the Regent's stronghold atop Trump Tower. There, the demon prince—a creature that heals instantly—selects her for "special questioning," a fate worse than death.
Cade won't let that stand. With Riley at his side and his powers blazing, he's going to storm the fortress, tear through an army of demons, and bring his wife home. He doesn't care that it's suicide. He doesn't care that the odds are impossible.
The battle for Manhattan begins at midnight. The Templars have one chance to strike at the Adversary's power structure. One chance to prove humanity hasn't been beaten. One chance to ignite a rebellion across the conquered territories.
All they have to do is survive.
Perfect for fans of Jim Butcher's Dresden Files, Richard Kadrey's Sandman Slim, and post-apocalyptic supernatural warfare.
What readers are saying:
"The Road meets Constantine—Cade and Gabrielle return to find civilization collapsed and demons ruling from Manhattan. Bleak, visceral, and gripping."
"If you thought Book 6 was dark, this takes it further. Breeding programs, work camps, nightgaunts, and Riley ALIVE with a prosthetic leg."
"The Adversary WON. Watching Cade develop superpowers while planning a suicide raid on demon-occupied Manhattan is everything I wanted."
New York Times and USA Today bestseller Joseph Nassise continues his Templar Chronicles series with a devastating vision of demonic conquest and desperate resistance.
