Terror at the Gates

In a feminist retelling of the Lilith myth, Lilith Leviathan has become estranged from her powerful family and lives in Nineveh, a district of the city of Eden devoted to sin, where she survives by using her magic to steal. Her thefts draw the attention of the five governing families and the church. When she acquires a mysterious and beautiful blade, her buyer dies while inspecting it, forcing her to seek help from Zahariev, head of the Zareth family and ruler of Nineveh, whose power lies in information and extortion. Together they set out to uncover the true power controlling their world, and their bond grows into something more dangerous than friendship.