"I've taken on my first-ever apprentice. A mage of my bloodline, Alec is as headstrong as he is powerful, his magic bolstered by a shifty trickster god. If that weren't enough, I've been recruited into an NYPD task force on missing persons. Cases in the city are exploding, a little girl among the most recently disappeared. As a soon-to-be father, this one cuts close to the heart. But just as I uncover a bizarre lead, I'm yanked back to the shadow realm - a darker, more dangerous New York - where a nefarious entity has targeted Alec in order to get to me. Hunted and on the run, our one ally may be Detective Vega. Only she's not my wife there, and I'm on her department's shoot-to-kill list. As disappearances in my city climb and dangers in the shadow realm deepen, I'm a wizard caught between realities. And I'm getting desperate...." -- Amazon.com.