Phoenix (Black City 2) Ash and Natalie are just starting to build a life together when things in the United Sentry States go from bad to worse Ash and Natalie find themselves at the center of turmoil when dictator Purian Rose threatens Natalie’s life unless Ash votes in favor of Rose’s Law--a law that will send Darklings and other dissenters to a deadly concentration ca himself to trade Natalie’s life for those of s, her fate is sealed Enter Elijah Theroux, the handsome Bastet boy Natalie once saved from her mother’s labs, where he’d been experimented on and tortured It was his venom the Sentry used to create the lethal Golden Haze, the heart of the govern and Ash’s rebirth as the Phoenix, the face of the rebellion Elijah is back and Ash doesn’t like him; it’s clear he’s taken with Natalie, and Ash fears she s for hi down Purian Rose for good--a powerful weapon called the Ora Ash, Natalie and Elijah just have to escape Black City undetected to find it But fleeing the city and finding this weapon (if it even exists) are easier said than done, and the quest could tear Ash and Natalie apart, even pushing the sequel to Black City is just as absorbing, delicious and steary for the series conclusion