The Grimrose Path — Rob Thurman

I looked at the metal coated with blood -- so very much blood -- the same color as the darkest crimson rose. I was undoing this. I was making this right. And I'd like to see the son of a bitch who thought he could stop me.

Bar owner Trixa Iktomi is perfectly comfortable dealing with assorted creatures of light and darkness, and all the beings in between who roam Las Vegas -- especially since she's a bit more than human herself. She's just been approached with an unusual proposition: A demon needs her help.

Normally, the only thing Trixa offers demons involves heavy weaponry and hard-to-remove bloodstains. But there's something out there even deadlier than fallen angels. It has slaughtered almost a thousand demons in six months. And the killing isn't going to stop unless Trixa and her friends step into the fight.

But for Trixa, that might be one final step too far....