A supernatural thriller where the heroes return from Hell to find Earth has become it.
The world changed while they were away...

The sky bleeds red. Tornado gods tear across the land. The towns and cities stand empty, abandoned to looting and decay. Every road is choked with the rusted remains of a mass exodus that went nowhere. And the only living things Cade and Gabrielle encounter are nightgaunts—bat-winged horrors from the darker planes that hunt humans for sport.

A pulse-pounding fight for survival in a world conquered by demons, where the last free humans wage a desperate resistance against an enemy that wears the faces of angels.

The truth is worse than they feared. While they were gone, the Adversary and the Seven—fallen angels possessing the bodies of archangels—completed their conquest. America has been carved into demon territories, each ruled by one of the Seven. In the Northeast, a being calling itself the Regent commands from a fortress in Manhattan, enforcing his rule with the Knights of the Red Fist and an army of half-breed fomori warriors bred from captured human women in forced breeding programs.

The Templar Order has been shattered. Most are dead. The rest have gone underground, scattered into isolated pockets of resistance barely clinging to survival. Major Hale commands the last functioning commandery, hidden deep in the ruins of western Connecticut, where a handful of loyal knights prepare desperate raids to free prisoners from the Regent's work camps.

And Captain Matthew Riley? Against all odds, he survived the grenade blast that should have killed him. Now commanding the Templar remnants alongside an enigmatic hooded figure radiating immense power, Riley has been holding the line, waiting for the one weapon that might turn the tide.

Cade Williams. The Heretic. The Nephilim.

When fallen angels rule from towers of glass and steel, and humanity has been reduced to livestock, three warriors launch a suicide mission into the heart of darkness itself.

Gabrielle is captured during a raid on a work camp and dragged in chains to the Regent's stronghold atop Trump Tower in Manhattan. There, the demon prince—a creature that heals instantly from any wound—selects her for "special questioning," a fate worse than death.

Cade won't let that stand. With Riley at his side and his newfound powers blazing, he's going to storm the Regent's fortress, tear through an army of demons and human collaborators, and bring his wife home. He doesn't care that it's suicide. He doesn't care that the odds are impossible.

The Echo Team has faced impossible odds before. But this time, they're not just fighting for their lives—they're fighting for the soul of a world that's already been lost. This time, victory means nothing less than taking back the Earth itself, one blood-soaked city block at a time.

Perfect for fans of Jim Butcher's Dresden Files, Richard Kadrey's Sandman Slim, and post-apocalyptic supernatural warfare.

What readers are saying:
"Darkness Reigns is The Road meets Constantine—Cade and Gabrielle return from Beyond to find civilization has collapsed and demons rule from Manhattan. The world-building is bleak, visceral, and absolutely gripping."

"Post-apocalyptic urban fantasy done right. The empty highways, the feral dog packs, the tornado swarms—every detail screams 'the world ended while you were gone' and it's terrifying and brilliant."

New York Times and USA Today bestseller Joseph Nassise continues his internationally acclaimed Templar Chronicles series with a devastating vision of demonic conquest and the desperate resistance of those who refuse to kneel.

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