Adina Venture's life has become as routine as any Operator's life can be. She works a nine-to-five for the Order's Chaos Intervention Initiative, spends time with her sister Ruth, and even has something of a love life. Of course, she hasn't seen Chief Inquisitor Levi Breitling since the day he hired her, but that's understandable considering their...history. When Ruth asks Adina to use her Deathwalking skills to help find a missing woman, it sounds easy enough - until she finds her sequestered in the company of the Chief Inquisitor himself. As a witness to a conspiracy aimed at taking down a dynasty of powerful shapeshifters and their empire of vice, this woman is under the Order's protection until they can dismantle the plot. And she and Breitling also have...history. Determined not to let personal feelings get in the way, Adina vows to help take down the conspirators and protect the innocent. But as she and Breitling venture beyond the city limits into a world of debaucherous illusions and beastly betrayal, they'll have to hold fast to what's real - or they may not make it back.