Reckoning

A crowded French Quarter. A rival hitman on the rooftops. And two centuries-old monsters hunting the streets of Mardi Gras.

In New Orleans, a pair of undead serial killers is about to turn Mardi Gras into a horror show—unless the immortal hitman Bones can hunt them down first.

Summoned by an emissary of the city's voodoo queen, the English vampire agrees to eliminate the infamous Delphine and Louis LaLaurie before Ash Wednesday—provided a rival assassin stalking the rooftops does not put silver through his heart first.

Between dodging silver crossbow quarrels and scouring packed Bourbon Street parades, he must corner the sadistic couple in their Royal Street mansion before another innocent disappears into the dark.

From Jeaniene Frost comes a thrilling novella featuring characters from her New York Times bestselling Night Huntress series. Originally appeared in the anthology Unbound.

• Morally Grey Hero: Whether compelling mortal minds or commandeering a Phantom of the Opera parade float, Bones bends every rule to flush his quarry into the open.
• Deadly Rivalry: Armed with enchanted voodoo pouches that let him vanish mid-strike, an assassin turns every French Quarter rooftop into an ambush.
• Supernatural Politics: Operating without permission in New Orleans puts Bones in the crosshairs of Marie Laveau, who commands an eerie, waterlogged court beneath St. Louis Cemetery.
• Also by This Author: Halfway to the Grave, Bound by Flames and One Foot in the Grave.