Disappointing everyone around him and considering him a lost cause, Navet aspires to time travel, but is quickly caught by a government agent to stop his work at all costs.

There is nothing left of the American dream on the Nine--a solemn destination, a resting place for those who have relinquished the dream. Modesto is a city that lies in California's Central Valley, a region devastated during America's Great Depression. Modesto's notorious South Ninth Street ("the Nine") is a no man's land where the rules of polite society do not apply. The people living along the Nine form a ravaged micro community whose Darwinian existence is a day to day hustle, and survival is by any means necessary.

A young girl Abigail lives in a city whose borders were closed many years ago because of an epidemic of a mysterious disease. Abby's father was one of the sick - and he was taken when she was six years old. Going against the authorities to find his father, Abby learns that her city is actually full of magic. And she discovers in herself extraordinary magical abilities.

Clementine has never felt like a devil, despite her horns, fangs, and pointed tail. Faced with an unexpected opportunity to change her path, she jumps at the chance but she'll have to enlist the help of an equally ill-suited angel