"This was insulting. I had been with the I.S. for three years-seven if you counted my four years of clinicals-and here I was, doing intern work." Chap. 1, p. 6

"Ivy possessed both the vamp virus and a soul, caught in the middle ground until she died and became a true undead." Chap. 1, p. 11

"Rumor had it the I.S. had been the one to put the price on his head for breaking his thirty-year contract." Chap. 1, p. 19

"It had been almost forty years since a quarter of humanity died from a mutated virus, the T4 Angel." Chap. 3, p. 37

"It looked like Denon was serious about his death threat. Absolutely swell." Chap. 3, p. 50

"Generally, though, apart from a small section around the university, humans lived in Cincinnati and Inlanders lived across the river in the Hollows." Chap. 5, p. 59

"'If I can prove Trent is dealing in Brimstone and give...