From award-winning author P. W. Catanese comes the second fast-paced thriller about a twelve-year-old boy who must protect the kinder, gentler underworld from returning to its previous terrifying incarnation.
After being rescued from a fiery death by Angela Obscura, an ancient demon from the underworld, Donny Taylor is settling into a new home in Sulfur.
Life as Angela’ s mortal assistant isn’ t so bad. Donny gets to travel to exotic places through fire portals, money is no object, and he’ s seeing amazing things that few mortal boys have ever laid eyes on. Plus Angela is fun to be around. What’ s not to like?
Well there is one minor detail. Being Angela’ s assistant has almost gotten Donny killed a couple of times. And Angela doesn’ t seem to take his worries very seriously. After all, she may look like a beautiful human, but she’ s a demon and hard to kill. Donny, however, is all too vulnerable. When another encounter with a horrific underworld monster nearly gets him devoured, he’ s starting to wonder if he should find a way out of the whole situation.
Then the king of the underworld’ s ferrymen gives Angela and Donny a mission. Souls are disappearing before they reach Sulfur. But who’ s taking them, and why? Their quest takes the pair on another globe-hopping adventure, where they join forces with a charming old friend of Angela’ s named Fiasco.
When Donny finds himself in danger yet again, it’ s finally time to decide: Should he help Angela pursue this mystery to its shocking conclusion? Or should he plan his escape to a normal mortal life, before it all goes down in flames?
