**edited 12/30/13 
 Kate Daniels can't catch a break. The Dinner (yes, that dinner) doesn't turn out as planned, but she has scarcely had time to start moping before disaster truly strikes: a mysterious cloaked individual is running around the city, apparently spreading horrific plagues for no other reason other than the general fun of it. Guess who the Merciful Order sends to get a handle on the problem? And guess who wants in on the investigation? 
 I think this is my favourite dystopian world. And yes, it is a dystopia. There is a chocolate shortage. Need I say more? 
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