Faust had won, and now Sam bore the same mark he placed on Craig Wellington: One Month before he returns to devour her soul. And Nick Scratch's payment, return Faust to Hell or take his place, comes due in just under two months. As Sam leaves for Germany to join the Hermetic Order of the Resplendent Dawn, a young Fae woman begs for her help after a headless rider decapitated her sister who sought to bring their Grandmother a human infant. If all things are connected, how does this child fit into the larger picture? Will Sam grow strong enough to stop Faust from completing his mission, or will she replace him in Hell? As the daughter of the Arch Magus of the Astrum Argentum, such is the fate of the magician's child?