The First

The Quest for Cora has Begun

Empa and Gippy now have a weapon that might tip the balance of the War of Souls in their favor, but they also have a promise to keep. From the journal of Terpsichore, granddaughter of Israfal, the angel of music, they know the reason she left Emil Ferrell was that she was pregnant with his child. This unprecedented event has forced her to flee, for Ageless cannot bear children. Or so they thought.

The quest for Cora and her child is as much a quest for how this could happen as to where they are. The only clue to the former was Emil's possession by the Nephilim son of Azkeel, the Angel of Destruction. What this union of Heaven and Hell might be, and what this means for the War of Souls, drive Empa and Gippy deep into the devastated jungles of Central and South America, but they're chasing a 20-year-old trail, and much of that trail is death and ashes.

But their search has not gone unnoticed, and the Hounds of Hell are on their trail, wreaking devastation and murder in their path. For neither will stop until they find the first offspring of Heaven and Hell.