In a near future world marked by apocalyptic religious strife, Thorn St. Croix, a powerful neomage living secretly among humankind, channels her gift of stone-magery into jewelry making, until a handsome police officer, Thaddeus Bartholomew, warns her that her ex-husband has been kidnapped, and Thorn must risk revealing her identity to help find him. Original. 20,000 first printing.