Anderiker's black market sex trade has flourished for centuries. Innocent souls plucked from the streets and forced to perform acts of unspeakable depravity. Lives irrevocably ruined. The council, powerless to stop it. The owners of the most sordid of these establishments have made acquisitions that have brought them into direct confrontation with Spencer Darvin, Chief of Council Investigations.

But before Spencer can bring these purveyors of pleasure to justice, he is confronted with a specter from his past, the horrible reality of his present, and the yet-to-be-discovered hope of...

Anderiker's black market sex trade has flourished for centuries. Innocent souls plucked from the streets and forced to perform acts of unspeakable depravity. Lives irrevocably ruined. The council, powerless to stop it. The owners of the most sordid of these establishments have made acquisitions that have brought them into direct confrontation with Spencer Darvin, Chief of Council Investigations.

But before Spencer can bring these purveyors of pleasure to justice, he is confronted with a specter from his past, the horrible reality of his present, and the yet-to-be-discovered hope of...