The Gate city has grown too large for one Guardian to protect and the Powers That be have Decided Harry needs some help. Maeve Trolls Daughter runs from Boston to Nashua to escape the clutches of Simon head of the vampire Clan Toriba. Working as a private investigator she investigates fir both human and Others. She has a secret that she keeps under wraps. She is a nascent wizard and when things get interesting she and one other are tested to become Harry's assistants.