Weather Warden Joanne Baldwin and Djinn David, who have been stripped of their powers, must stop a poisonous substance from destabilizing the entire balance of power and destroying the magic that keeps the world alive.

"Once she was Cassiel, a Djinn of limitless power. Now, she has been reshaped in human flesh as punishment for defying her master--and living among the Weather Wardens, whose power she must tap into regularly or she will die"--p. [4] of cover.

"It's time Joanne Baldwin had a break. But is she getting one? Nooooooo. Instead, someone's calling up earthquakes to make her life miserable. Even David asking her to marry him can't solve her problems, and in fact, it may be adding to them, because someone has a grudge against mystical mixed marriages ... and it's someone David, and the rest of the Djinn, can't even sense, much less stop. The storm's coming ... and it's going to be bad."--

Rogue Weather Warden Joanne Baldwin is racing to New York to warn her former colleagues of the impending apocalypse. An ancient agreement between the Djinn and the Wardens has been broken, and the furious Djinn, slaves to the Wardens for millennia, have broken free of mortal control.

While working for the most powerful vampire in town in order to protect her friends, Claire trains under Myrnin, a strong but mentally unstable vampire, and faces off with Mr. Bishop, who seeks to wreak havoc at a formal ball.

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In Beverly Hills, a wealthy CEO goes on a bloody rampage and videotapes the slaughter. He leaves behind a chilling cryptic message..."This is where it begins." Miles away, an alarmed mother receives an unsettling letter from her estranged husband, stained with bloody fingerprints. And all across California, children are becoming affected by a monstrous change-and their parents, by a mounting fear. Social worker Carrie Daniels and reporter Brian...