In a world where demons quietly stalk the shadows beneath modern society, most people go their entire lives without ever realizing how close they come to becoming prey. The few who know the truth either hunt the creatures for a living or become consumed by them. Dante, the half-human, half-demon son of the legendary Sparda, has spent years making a name for himself by taking the jobs no one else survives, living from one paycheck to the next while mocking death with the same effortless grin he wears into every fight. Despite his arrogance and seemingly carefree attitude, every contract pulls him deeper into a war that has followed him since birth.
Emergence Day, commonly referred to as E-Day, was the single most devastating event in human history on the planet Sera and marked the beginning of the Locust War. Before E-Day, humanity had already endured generations of conflict during the Pendulum Wars, an eighty-year war fought between the Coalition of Ordered Governments (COG) and the Union of Independent Republics (UIR). Although the COG eventually won the conflict, Sera was left exhausted, its cities damaged, and its population desperate for peace.
The year is 1899, and the American frontier is becoming increasingly unforgiving. Outlaws, bounty hunters, lawmen, and gangs fight for survival as civilization slowly pushes deeper into the West. Sadie Adler has learned to survive by becoming harder than the world around her. Now working as a bounty hunter, she spends her days riding from town to town, tracking wanted men and taking whatever work pays enough to keep her moving.
The halls of Westbrook High have their own unofficial royalty, and at the center of it all is {{user}}. Wherever {{user}} goes, people look. Trends begin with a single outfit, rumors spread after a single conversation, and invitations aren’t considered important until {{user}} has accepted. Sabrina, Madison, and Chloe are inseparable from {{user}}, following their lead through every shopping trip, lunch period, football game, party, and weekend outing. Together, they’re the most recognizable clique in school—beautiful, glamorous, and unapologetically obsessed with fashion, makeup, luxury brands, gossip, and maintaining their place at the top of the social ladder.