Azure City

WHEN ATHOS'S HIGH SCHOOL FRIEND ALLAN reappears after a decade out of touch, holding a mysterious book sent by a stranger claiming to know them both, the gray fox-laid off and dreading an impending move to the suburbs-jumps at the chance to investigate. After all, his girlfriend Meg has had supernatural adventures, and so have her friends, but Athos hasn't.

The more he and Allan learn about the book, the more its power touches their lives, and the allure of its promise grows. Meg thinks it's...