Phoenix — Patricia Simpson

Eva Wilder has never made good choices. A rebel boyfriend. An unsanctioned pregnancy. A loveless marriage in a remote seaside town. But all that is gone. Her husband has just been killed for treason. As Eva stands on the beach in shock, she spots a shipwreck victim on the sand.

The shipwreck victim claims to be a vampire hunter who has come to the Anglo Territories to kill vampires -- starting with the devil that killed her husband. Will she help him? It sounds dangerous to Eva. Way too rebellious. She decides to turn tail and go back to Londo City.

But as Eva waits for the train, she recognizes her estranged sister in a line of prisoners. She has to do something. She owes her sister everything. Will she stay and help Joanna and the vampire killer? Or, as always, take the easy way out and get on the train?