Bloodring — Faith Hunter

In a near-future world caught in the throes of an ambiguous apocalypse, seraphs and demons fight a never-ending battle. But a new species has arisen. Neomages are human in appearance, but able to twist leftover creation energy to their will. A threat to both humans and seraphs, they are confined in luxurious Enclaves.

Thorn St. Croix is no ordinary neomage. Nearly Vriven insane by her powers, she escaped from Enclave and now lives among humans, channeling her gift of stone-magery into jewelry making. But when Thaddeus Bartholomew, a dangerously attractive policeman, tells Thorn that her ex-husband has been kidnapped, she risks revealing her identity to find him. And for Thorn, the punishment for revelation is death.