Author Matthew Lee departs from his usual tales of suburban Hot Wife dalliances to take the reader into a dark world, a macabre world, a world that husband and wife have no business exploring, and yet, they do.Time waits for no one, and Detective Almond has already fallen so far behind.A deal was struck.A goal was set.Failure means death for a husband and a life of slavery for his wife.Running on empty, Detective Almond must find a way to free his beloved from the arms of a demon who has ensnared her, body and soul, free her, and all the others so captured.Despite all his efforts, he fails. Dare he form an unholy alliance? Anders has a thin but hopeful plan to turn the tide in his favor before underworld creature Rashad Cain can grow his army of female-enslaving minotaurs. But as a shattered, outnumbered, and underpowered man, our hero fears he might not measure up to the task of monster-slayer, much less husband or lover. Anders and Rachel will likely not survive. This case is like nothing he's faced before, and time is running out!