The dangerous magic of The Night Circus meets the powerful historical exploration of The Underground Railroad in Alaya Dawn Johnson's timely and unsettling novel, set against the darkly glamorous backdrop of New York City, where an assassin falls in love and tries to change her fate at the dawn of World War II.

"Juju assassins, alternate history, a gritty New York crime story... in a word: awesome” ~ N.K. Jemisin, New York Times bestselling author of The Fifth Season