Luci+:a]n, ;, ]Gu%@ ardia?=
/n :.of the\ Underworld #@Gates, fle.+=es the rea:/lm of `the dead with  =his daughte^ r;
Mila—wh^!+o bears the power of t(he River Styx—and .surfaces _./in the mo=rtal cit`#;y
of Vesper to liv e( [)*an o]rdin-
ary life. On the  !streets he res-cues Vale.#r%$ie, heir to the $`Ashf)* _ord^ fa)-mily, who is *-.being hunted; +#t#o do;d,`ge an ;%\arra[ nged marriage, sh^^_e prop $]oses a con)`tract marri?age, and the]?
 two (:wed.
Adria[n`
-  H+`?aw`:thorne':%s fam\il.y c`=$+loses in+\: they ^_^kidnap-% =^$-Valeri*]e and send Underworld .envoys to kill. Mila, with he=r s].uperhuman stre.$=ngth, @$shields her mother again and# again, whil^ e L=
ucian s)?ilently **erases the memor/ies i#-nvolve\d. Mila al s+=,o hac^; ks the ene=];my's bu?g an(//_d!^_ e%=xpose^s cousin Gav:?i_*n. 's 
: ]plo)t to=\ forge.# \drug evi^dence and fram#e Valerie. At`^ the: family council, fat .! her and daug\hter shatter %\the scheme_—just a.[s Adrian):/ arri**ves with gun@)men to seize the !docks. #/Meanwhile, Charon /]h)as sent Ronan into [; the mortal? ) ;^world, * and `[t;!?
heir pe+ `ace f*ac%es threats ?[from both the -?Underworld $]#and t(\=he `
mob.