In “Terror at the Gates” by Scarlett St. Clair, Lilith Leviathan escapes her tyrannical and magic-wielding family to seek refuge in Nineveh, a district steeped in sin within the city of Eden. There, she survives by using her forbidden powers to steal sacred items, drawing the dangerous attention of the five ruling families and the church that insists women should remain silent and submissive. Lilith thinks she’s finally safe when she acquires a beautiful blade—but when the buyer dies under mysterious circumstances, she finds herself in over her head, pursued by forces she can’t outrun.

As her path collides with Zahariev, head of the powerful Zareth family who deals in information and extortion, Lilith realises that her alliance with him is more than a simple transaction—it is a threat to the very foundations of church and state. Scarlett St. Clair weaves a fierce fantasy-romance filled with rebellion, power struggles and forbidden attraction as Lilith fights both the legends that bind her and the destiny she never chose¹.