The Wire Noose

On the day Abyowith is promoted to Assistant Stalker, a City Councillor is found is garroted in a locked room. All signs point to a miscreation-a magically created beast-but why would a miscreation break into a man's house, kill him, and lock the door after?

And why, that night, does a voice in the darkness tell Abyowith, "Leave him alone!" With no motive to be found and more victims coming to light, Abyowith begins a search for answers that takes her from the halls of power to the city's u...