Ariana is on a killing spree. Dressed in a black vinylcatsuit, she lures men to hotel rooms, where they will leave their bodies behind in multiple pieces. That's the part of the story that the newspapersknow. The "Sunday Slasher," as she's dubbed for her habit of leaving behinda corpse every Sunday morning, doesn't just have a wealth of misanthropic bones in her body. She's also got a hunger for ultimate power and control.Through ritual sexual sacrifice, she aims to open the door between thisworld and the domain of the powerful, but violently perverse Curburide demons. She will be their queen, and they will rape the world.

Joe Kieran is a young reporter who has just left the East Coast port town of Terrel with a demon on his back. Literally. Having forged a covenant with the demon, Malachai, to save the lives of two women, he now has a constantinvisible companion, albeit one who is less than trustworthy. When Joe picksup Alex, a teen hitchhiker on her way to the Rocky Mountains, he soon findsthat he's been setup by Malachai. Alex is more than just a perky runaway; she has the ability to talk to ghosts, something her right-wing parents forced her to hide. But now she will need that talent more than ever; as Malachai sets them all on the path that can only lead to... Sacrifice.