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Following her best friend Nadia’s suicide, seventeen‑year‑old Lela Santos finds herself transported to a nightmarish afterlife. In this hellish city, she confronts monstrous Guardians and the human-like Malachi, who offer a controversial escape plan. Lela’s desperate quest to rescue Nadia’s soul pits her against darkness and moral dilemmas within an ominous, gate‑shrouded metropolis.
First publish date: 2012
Genre: Fantasy/Dark Fantasy
Authors: Sarah Fine
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