There's more than one breed of creature that hunts in the night, pretending to be human during the day -- and a war is brewing between the clans. Chicago Police Detective Tom Chapel finds himself standing between the mysterious Synod of Crows and a monstrous offshoot of the Russian mafia that's come to town. Which side should he choose? Or will that choice be made for him? And just where is Pieter Durant? There are things hunting in the night that even the monsters fear...