When Darkslayer Darien Cassel first took the human girl, Loren Calla, under his protection, he vowed to keep her safe from anything. But now, as she lingers in a coma, slipping further from life with each passing day, he refuses to let her go.

Whispers of a hidden place in Terra—one that holds a secret powerful enough to bring her back—send Darien on a desperate quest. Leaving behind the city he’s always known and the people he considers family, he risks everything for a chance to save her. Meanwhile, his departure forces his best friend, Maximus Reacher, onto a perilous journey of his own—one that unearths long-buried truths about his past, revealing a tangled web of deception, forgotten history, and myths that should have stayed lost.

At the same time, in the storied city of Yveswich, Roman Devlin of the House of Black finds himself unwillingly entangled with Shay Cousens, a cunning Selkie from the rival Riptide house. A master pickpocket with more tricks than he can count, Shay could steal far more than just Roman’s coin if he isn’t careful. Together, they search for her missing sister, a pursuit that will lead them straight to Angelthene—and into the depths of the Phoenix Head Society’s darkest secrets. What they find may not only change their fates but also reveal the truth behind the mystical waters said to hold the power to reshape their world.

As allegiances are tested and destinies intertwine, City of Lies and Legends, the third installment in the House of Devils series, unfolds a tale of risk, betrayal, and the pursuit of the impossible.