About the book: year / "So, my plan: Enter the City. Take Nadya. Find a way out. It’s simple.” Just a week ago, seventeen-year-old Lila Santos’s best friend, Nadia, committed suicide. And now, because of a farewell ritual gone awry, Leela stands in heaven and from a distance views the vastly large city hidden behind the gates - hell. No one will enter the Suicidal Gate of their own free will, a place shrouded in darkness and overrun by vicious creatures. But Lila is by no means simple - she is determined to save the soul of her best friend, even if it means sacrificing her eternal afterlife. In an attempt to find Nadia, Lila is captured by the Guardians - huge, not-quite-human creatures that patrol the countless streets of the shadowy cities. Their leader, who is not a man, Malachi, is in no way similar to them, except for one thing: his deadly efficiency. Having met Lila, Malachi makes his own plan: to get her out of town, even if she has to leave Nadia in the past. Malachi knows something Leela doesn't - the shadowy city isn't the worst place for Leela to end up, and he'll stop at nothing to protect her from that fate..