Without Light or Guide — Teresa Frohock

The second novella in T. Frohock's Los Nefilim series--following In Midngight's Silence--Without Light or Guide continues Diago's journey through a world he was born into, yet doesn't quite understand.

The fate of mankind has nothing to do with mankind…

Always holding themselves aloft from the affairs of mortals, Los Nefilim have thrived for eons. But with the Spanish Civil War looming, their fragile independence is shaken by the machinations of angels and daimons…and a half-breed caught in-between.

For although Diago Alvarez has pledged his loyalty to Los Nefilim, there are many who don't trust his daimonic blood. And with the re-emergence of his father -- a Nefil who sold his soul to a daimon -- the fear is Diago will soon follow the same path.

Yet even as Diago tries to prove his allegiance, events conspire that only fuel the other Nefilim's suspicions -- including the fact that every mortal Diago has known in Barcelona is being brutally murdered.