The hidden horrors of the world know Sebastian Cobb. The name is the only thing that they fear, since Cobb is the only human to possess the power to consume their essences, consigning creatures that are normally beyond death to oblivion. Sebastian Cobb knows himself. Born in 1752, the son of a miller, he grew up to be a veteran of the Revolutionary War, as well as a devoted husband and father. His life was everything he wanted. All of that changed in 1787, when one night of horror stripped him of his family and summoned the powers of darkness. Victimized by something he can't remember, Cobb...

An ancient secret. A lost city. A treasure that could change the world.

In search of a Spanish galleon in the Caribbean, archaeologist Finn Ryan and her partner Lord Billy Pilgrim find evidence of a lost Aztec Codex. The invaluable book created by 15th- century explorer and accused heretic Hernan Cortez is said to reveal the secret location of the lost City of Gold. But they are not alone in their quest.

Also on the trail is the head of a menacing religious cadre who?d kill to get it first, and a sociopathic billionaire with his own sinister motives. But while running for...