Ash, a sixteen-year-old twin-blood who sells his addictive venom, "Haze," to support his dying mother, and Natalie, the daughter of a diplomat, discover their mysterious--and forbidden--connection in the Black City, where humans and Darklings struggle to rebuild after a brutal war.

Daunis, who is part Ojibwe, defers attending the University of Michigan to care for her mother and reluctantly becomes involved in the investigation of a series of drug-related deaths.

Shortly after her brother Zach returns from rehab for meth addiction, Samantha begins to have dreams about dangerous situations involving drugs, but the visions are so vague that she doesn't know who needs help. Then she has a vision of a burning cabin, and this time someone has been shot. Convinced that Zach is involved, Sam chooses to leave Detective Ebony Hamilton out of the loop, but Sam's investigation is getting too hot to handle. Includes a...