Clarity's paladin order forbids her from entering the Azure District, the one location in her high tech city that refuses paladin rule and technology. When she receives an illicit invitation to violate the prohibition, spurred on by rumors of suffering in the district, she passes through the crumbling brick entryway into no-man's land. Within, she finds the residents lack not only the ocular implants and three dimensional computers she takes for granted, but also medicine to fight a disease infecting the children.Clarity knows her order isn't perfect—-after all, they stole her from her parents when she was a small child to raise her with their values—-but she cannot believe they know what's going on in the Azure District. When she confronts the head of the order, he refuses to aid people who have rejected his help in the past, even the children. Unwilling to take no for an answer, Clarity enlists the help of the leader's son Cass and takes matters into her own...

Oracle of Philadelphia:Carrie works at a diner in South Philadelphia, dispensing advice to humans and angels wise enough to seek her counsel. But there are some problems that even the best advice can't solve. Her latest supplicant, Sebastian, sold his soul to a demon in exchange for his sister's life, but his heart remains pure. In order to renegotiate his contract, Carrie must travel into the depths of hell and parley with the demons that control its pathways.Raising Chaos:When Bedlam learns that the archdemon Azrael has escaped from the Abyss in order to wreak vengeance against the person who sent her there—Bedlam's best friend, Khet—he can't sit idly by. Only one relic possesses the power to kill Khet, who suffers immortality at Lucifer's request: the mythical Spear of Destiny, and Azrael claims to know its location.Archangel Errant:When Heaven is suddenly attacked, all the angels become trapped in their own nightmares. With Michael gone on an...