内容简介
Inthisstunningfollow-uptohisepicfantasydebut,AlanCampbellpropelsreadersintoacaptivatingcitybattlingforitsownsurvival—andthatofhumankind—inaworldofdeitiesanddemons,fallenangelsandkillers.Afteradestructivebattle,theancientswayingcityofDeepgatehasbeenovertaken.Mostofthechainsthatsuspendithavegivenway,andthetemplenowdanglesupsidedownabovetheonce-unchartedabyss.ThevictoriousSpinehaveinitiatedmartiallawandareruthlesslypursuingallwhoattempttoleave.Butamidtheturmoil,twocaptivesarereturned:theyoungangelDill,nowtoughenedbywar,andtraitorassassinRachelHael.Incarceratedinthecrumblingtemple,theprisonersawaittheirfate—whileghostsrisethroughtheabyssfromtheopengatesofHell.Butasthecityteetersonthebrink,plansforvengeancearesetinmotion.Andinthecomingbattlebetweengods,itistheworldofmenthatisatstake.