Historical horror maven Alma Katsu turns her talents to the modern world for the first time,in this terrifying tale about an all-powerful family with an ancient evil under its thumb. Imagine if the Sackler family had a demon at their beck and call. The Berisha family runs one of the largest import-export companies in the worldand theyΓÇÖve always been lucky. Their rivals suffer strokes. Inconvenient buildings catch on fire. Earthquakes swallow up manufacturing plantsdestroying harmful evidence. Things always seem to work out for the Berishas. TheyΓÇÖre blessed. At least that is what Zefthe patriarchhas always told his three children. And each of them knows their place in the familyΓÇöDardanas the only male heirmust prepare to take over as keeper of the Berisha secretsMarisΓÇÖs most powerful contributionmuch to her dismaywill be to marry strategicallyand NoraΓÇÖs jobas the youngestis to just stay out of the way. But when things stop going as plannedand the family blessing starts looking more like a cursethe Berishas begin to splintereach hatching their own secret scheme. They didnΓÇÖt get to be one of the richest families in the world without spilling a little bloodbut this timeit might be their own.