Half British Reaper, half Japanese Shinigami, Ren Scarborough has been collecting souls in the London streets for centuries. Expected to obey the harsh hierarchy of the Reapers who despise her, Ren conceals her emotions and avoids her tormentors as best she can. When her failure to control her Shinigami abilities drives Ren out of London, she flees to Japan to seek the acceptance sheโs never gotten from her fellow Reapers. Accompanied by her younger brother, the only being on earth who cares for her, Ren enters the Japanese underworld to serve the Goddess of Death... only to learn that here, too, she must prove herself worthy. Determined to earn respect, Ren accepts an impossible taskโfind and eliminate three dangerous Yokai demonsโand learns how far sheโll go to claim her place at Deathโs side.