In a state just this side of an apocalyptic disaster, the world is threatened by global collapse. The Atlantic port city of Lucens is at the heart of the on coming disaster. It is being torn apart from the inside as a conflict nearly twenty years in the making comes closer to fruition. The young pianist Charlotte Scott quickly finds herself drawn from the sidelines into the heart of the chaos after an accidental encounter with Cassiel, an Archangel on the run. Torn between her human life and the intriguing supernatural world Cassiel inhabits, Charlotte soon realizes the line between angels and demons is a narrow one. One she herself must toe with great caution.