Fifteen-year-old Billi is not your normal, contemporary London teen. She lives in a darker part of the world, the first female member of the Knights Templar, now committed to waging the Bataille Tenebreuse, the Dark Battle, against supernatural powers that lust for human blood, flesh, and souls. Filled with werewolves, ghouls, and vampires led by the Angel of Death, Chadda’s page-turner evokes images from Mid-East Asian religion and folklore. Fittingly enough, the story centers on the question of what are we willing to sacrifice for the greater good. The story of Abraham’s sacrifice of Isaac lurks throughout . jfc

Fifteen-year-old Billi SanGreal never meant to make history. Dragged at the age of ten into the modern-day Knights Templar by her father, the Grandmaster, Billi's the first girl ever to be a Templar warrior. Her life is a rigorous and brutal round of weapons' practice, demon killing and occult lore - and a lot of bruises.

But then temptation is placed in Billi's path - an alternative to her isolated life. But temptation brings consequences. In this case - the tenth plague - the death of all first borns and so Billi must choose her destiny. And as she soon discovers, death isn't even the worst . . .