About the book: year / Abstract. Chicago has a tense relationship with supernatural creatures. And Merit, the protector of a safe haven for vampires called Cadogan House, is worried that people will take up pitchforks at any moment. It doesn’t help that the mayor has already broken up another vampire rave, as well as an order that has been received: to remove the drug that is being distributed in society. Merit's task is to put her House in order, literally. And if that means getting your hands a little bloody, so be it..