Fans of the TV show, a spin-off from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, will find much to like about this fun and fast paced adventure (which includes an appearance from the fan favourite rogue slayer Faith). Both authors are long time Buffy/Angel writers and have penned previous adventures for both characters. There's plenty of slam-bang action and, most importantly, they have pretty much nailed the characteristic witty dialogue of the TV show. Unfortunately, not being hampered by the show's budgetary and time constraints means the story meanders around far too much at times, and it often feels like any old supernatural story with the characters slotted in. There's too much pointless exposition about events from the TV show, just to ensure it remains grounded in the Angel universe, and the writing is most often serviceable at best. Fans of the show will love sinking their teeth into this adventure, but others may find it bites off more than it can chew. --Jon Snow

Synopsis
In the first-ever Angel hardcover novel, a twist of fate offers Angel the chance to atone for his years of evil once and for all -- but only at the cost of his own destruction. Courtesy of The Powers That Be, Cordelia Chase has grown used to her excruciatingly painful visions, but that doesn't mean that they leave her unmoved. So when her latest vision involves not an anonymous stranger in peril, but someone she knows, she finds it more than usually disturbing. Especially since the subject of her vision is Faith, the rogue slayer; whose recent incarceration in jail, it seems, is the least of her problems. Then one-time big game hunter Chaz Escobar shows up at Angel Investigations, asking for their help to track down his wife. Her name is Marianna -- and she's a vampire. Alone with her on a small and distant island, Escobar had been working to find a cure. Before he could succeed, however, she escaped him, and now he suspects that she is the creature who's been stalking Faith. But Escobar has a hidden agenda, and before long Angel, Cordy, Wesley and Gunn discover that his real aim is to rid the world of vampires -- all of them, forever; even those who possess a soul.

If Angel is willing to sacrifice himself in order to help the hunter achieve his goal, then his atonement will truly be complete. But before they can reach the artifact they require to complete their task, the two of them find that they themselves have become the prey, in a game controlled by beings of absolute evil -- the lawyers of Wolfram and Hart.