Wren Valere"s job is driving her crazy. She"s still Manhattan"s most sought-after Retriever, but after last year"s deadly confrontation with the Silence, all this magic-user wants is a break. With her apartment going co-op and her relationship with the demon P.B. putting stress on her romance with partner Sergei, is Wren finally ready to settle down to a more stable existence?Not likely.Because when you"re good, trouble always finds you. Wren"s next assignment puts her on the wrong side of a child-snatcher--and a collision course with her past. But to save a friend--and protect her future--Wren must pull off the most important Retrieval of her life...and for once magic isn"t on her side.