Ari's spiral into the underground of Battery City, home to the warring assassin and pirate guilds, begins in the ruins of civilization. Heir to the Pirate King, Ari possesses a contract that could end the battle forever. The only thing in his way? His brother. And his love for a certain pirate girl. As pirates and assassins collide in a world teetering on the brink of survival, one boy's dark slide across the apocalypse brings to life a cinematic, high-concept YA reimagining of Cain and Abel.

Sympathy for the Devil?

While some call him John, he's more widely known as the devil. He's fun, egotistical, and more than a little handsome, but more importantly, he's bored and looking for something to do to spark things up. Not to mention, he is in desperate need of some friends, which he inadvertently finds in Pierce and Calla - who are gods in their own right, but on the side of good.

Chaos and mayhem follow John at every turn, until he eventually loses all his powers to his bitch of a wife who overthrows him and takes on the role of Satan herself. But there's no need...