01741nam a2200301u  4500001001100000003000700011005001700018007000300035008004100038020002400079020001500103035002100118040002200139100002400161245003200185250002400217260003400241300002100275490001800296500002800314520094000342650002001282650002901302650003601331655002801367655002701395830001701422268794842 OCoLC 20190501205820.0ta090827s2009    nyu           000 1 eng d  a9780441017232c7.99  a0441017231  a(OCoLC)268794842  aBTCTAcBTCTAdZGX1 aBattis, Jes,d1979-12aA flash of HexcJes Battis.  aAce mass-market ed.  aNew York :bAce Books,c2009.  a371 p. ;c18 cm.1 aAn OSI novel.  aSequel to: Night child.  a"As an Occult Special Investigator, Tess Corday has seen her fair share of disturbing crime scenes--but nothing has ever shocked her as much as the ritualistic murder of a drugged-out runaway kid, who she soon learns was not the first such victim. All the dead teens had traces of the dangerous magical drug called Hex in their bodies. All were the children of powerful mage families. All were killed with the sacred tools of mages. It adds up to the chilling possibility that the OSI is dealing with a serial killer, one who has incredible inhuman powers. To stop the slaughter, Tess and her partner, Derrick, will go anywhere and do anything--including seeking help from the necromancer Lucian Agrado, whom Tess is under orders to avoid. But as the deaths continue, Tess becomes convinced that the identity of the killer is locked inside her own head. And the question is, how many rules is she willing to break to get to the truth?" 0aMagicvFiction. 0aSerial murdersvFiction. 0aMurderxInvestigationvFiction. 7aFantasy fiction.2gsafd 7aOccult fiction.2gsafd 3aAn OSI novel