Book excerpt: Melody Jones is back from the dead! All around the world people are vanishing. Charity Michaels is dying and Erica is worried that a new demon uprising is about to begin. Marcy has a new vampire tribe to contend with and Raff's now a married man. Petra Noir has to go to a new school, while Miso tries or organise a gang of homeless kids. In LA a nameless evil is beginning to make itself known and in the depths the great beast leviathan is about to rise. It's the end of the world, and Libby Hall does not feel fine. Also, Jennifer D'mon turns up unexpectedly to help humanity...