If you knew the gods worked from a building in Santa Monica, California, would it change you? Avenging fury Alectho (Alec) Graves has been tasked with saving the world, when she isn't out seeking justice for those innocents who suffer at the hands of evil-doers. If she fails in her mission, those she loves will cease to exist. Selene Perkton is a philosophy professor in Los Angeles. She lives an ordinary, well scheduled life, and knows her place in it. When Alec appears, the world she thought she knew becomes a very different place. Can Alec and Selene put aside their differences, or will the evil lurking in the shadows manage to pull them apart?