"Pain is Dymitr#25;s calling. His family is one in a long line of hunters who sacrifice their souls to slay monsters. Now he#25;s tasked with a deadly mission: find the legendary witch Baba Jaga. To reach her, Dymitr must ally with the ones he#25;s sworn to kill. Pain is Ala#25;s inheritance. A fear-eating zmora with little left to lose, Ala awaits death from the curse she carries ymitr offers her a cure in exchange for her help, she has no choice but to agree. Together they must fight against time and the wrath of the Chicago underworld. But Dymitr#25;s secrets--and his true motives--may be the thing that actually destroys them."--