The Big Easy isn't easy for the private detective of the gods. It's been a long time coming. Tom Statford is in New Orleans, ready to tie the knot with the love of his life. Things are going well, which was his first clue things would go badly. The second clue was the pair of people dying in front of him, killed by the darkest magic. The third clue? A missing god with power over the dead. It's a race against time as Tom must find out who's keeping the dead restless and the living in fear.

Private detective Tom Statford has a problem. A priest has been murdered in Hampton Roads, Virginia. That's bad. His killer is claiming the Devil as an accomplice, sending the forces of Heaven after the fallen angel. That's even worse. Lucifer comes to Tom to proclaim his innocence, which makes Tom's life more interesting than it needs to be, and he's the only one who can prove the Devil didn't make the killer do it. But who would believe the Prince of Lies?

Life was simple for private detective Tom Statford. Sure, being the Keeper, the first, last and only line of defense between gods and mortals could make for interesting times, but a mundane existence in south-eastern Virginia kept things on the boring side of life. Boring, until bodies appear with all the trademarks of ritualistic homicide. Now, the Keeper must not only stop a psychopath, but also the end of the world. Easy enough, if the killer doesn't find him first.