Kai Lynn Riordan is a Diviner– she can touch something and look through the eyes of the person who held it last. This is mostly a useful ability, something that allows her to tell fortunes and find lost people and objects. Te Ling is a huge, bustling city and there are always cases for her to earn money from, lost puppies, stolen family heirlooms and telling tourists their fortunes. However, Kai's easy, profitable life becomes full of danger when she's handed the case of a missing Mage, and she's dropped into a world that holds more secrets than she ever thought existed.

Turn a city upside down and shake it - what falls out?The Treaty that binds the Vampires, Werewolves, Humans and the rarely seen True Dragons is over 1000 years old. It provides stability and safety for all the citizens of the city of Te Ling. Triads and Yakuza are not welcome here and Tourism flourishes amongst the bright lights, Night clubs, Temples and leisure facilities.But many lights cast a multitude of shadows and they just get darker as you get deeper. Li is as deep into the darkness as you can get: cop by day, shadow by night, he eats and drinks the lifeblood of the city. A threat to the current Te Ling Triang Leader is a threat to the City and The Black Dragon cannot be risked. Handed the responsibility of tracking down and removing the threat, Li soon realises that knowing too much can be a curse...