Julie Crews is a burned-out, hard-living thirty-something scraping by as freelance magic-for-hire in New York City, where exorcising demons and dabbling in dark magic barely covers rent and her self-destructive habits. Desperate for a break in a brutal industry run by predatory corporate sorcerers, she summons a guardian angel for a quick boost, only for the spell to go catastrophically wrong and tear open a path for an ancient, galaxy-devouring god. As bodies pile up and eldritch horrors spill into the city, Julie is forced to confront the cost of her choices, the people she has hurt, and the monstrous powers she barely understands. Her oldest friend Sarah arrives in the city at the worst possible moment, and her tangled history with her ex, Tyler, drags her further into the schemes of a sinister occult firm. Fast, profane, and soaked in gore, the story blends cosmic dread with grimy urban fantasy and an unexpectedly tender core about friendship and self-worth. It is the opening volume of a duology set in a New York where magic is just another exploitative business.