For months he has felt it - a growing sense of foreboding of dark forces massing just out of view. Ever since he rescued his niece Gemma from a ruthless rival magician. John Constantine has been shaking the trees for hints about this impending calamity. Now the signs are changing form subtle to lethally obvious, and as they manifest themselves his immediate priority changes to staying alive. But he will never rest until he knows who his real enemy is. Led by instincts as sharp as broken glass to clues scattered across the globe, Constantine is slowly putting the pieces together. There's a whiff of apocalypse in the air, and the world's shrwdest magus is determined to find its source.