The coauthor of the New York Times bestselling Home of Evening series returns using the mesmerizing second book in the Escaped series.

In order to save his home as well as the mortal realm from assured destruction, Alek, boy of the Furies, has been charged to recapture the souls of these who escaped Tartarus in to the mortal realm. But he can’t get it done by itself.

Eva has found that she has power beyond her comprehension and a future to fulfill-and that there are people who will stop at nothing at all to destroy her.

Now, in Scarlet Rain, the Nosoi-the spirits of illness-have been unleashed in the mortal realm, launching a plague simply because clever and adaptable since it can be insidious. Alek and Eva must catch and banish the Nosoi back again to their underworld prison-but Eva has yet to harness the powers needed to defeat such a robust enemy, and Alek sustains catastrophic wounds in the attempt. They must depend on detective Wayne Graham and Eva’s best friend, Bridget, if they’re to slow the plague. But can mere mortals arrive through when confronted with such overpowering peril?