Sixteen-year-old Vanessa Cross's first clue that summer break will be anything but fun? Wiping out on her surfboard-only to envision monsters beneath the waves. Back on land, life is its own kind of nightmare.
Her hypercritical
stepmother-the only family she has left-has a secret boyfriend. She can't find the necklace her father left her. Her spirit guide speaks in riddles, leaving her with more questions than answers. Her team isn't taking their junior Grigori training seriously-except for Brux, the love of her life, who can never be hers.
Determined to avoid the dark fate of her cursed ancestors, Van hardens her heart and throws herself into her destiny, becoming the warrior and protector her people need. She's ready. She's sure of it...until an assignment shakes her resolve.
Van and her team race to repair a fractured seal separating the Living and Earth worlds. But clawing at the barrier isn't just any ordinary demonic horde. This enemy is darker, stronger, hungrier. And it falls squarely on Van-ready or not-to complete her mission.
For her friends. For her people.
For all of humanity.