The prequel to 'The Light Rises' and book two of the 'Rising Light Trilogy', 'Rending the Seal' paves the way for the four to start toward their destiny, and starts setting the stage for the War of Order and Chaos. 1887 London was a time of magic and invention. For Detective Keagan Gillette though it was a constant reminder of his failure to revive his twin sister Maria. Even after studying necromancy and joining the House of Masks didn't help. Now he works as a homicide detective constantly haunted by the past. It wasn't until he was asked to work on a series of murders that he was introduced to the fact demons weren't just stories. Amelia Helstrom-Petri is the young Lamplighter that brings him into that world, and as hard as he tries he can't go back to the one he had. The further he goes the more he learns of the world around him including a secret cult of demonologists all following the plan of a man determined to gather the pieces fabled Seal of Solomon. As they learn just how far things go Keagan must enlist the help of a magician well-known to all but apparently him named Elizabeth Stirling while at the same time keeping an eye on the eccentric Alexander Trouseau. He must fight his inner demons even if real ones are tempting him and making promises that he could only dream of. Reality demands they fight on, and if the four of them fail then Heaven, Hell, and Earth will all be sent into a spiral of chaos and destruction. The prequel to 'The Light Rises' and book two of the 'Rising Light Trilogy', 'Rending the Seal' paves the way for the four to start toward their destiny, and starts setting the stage for the War of Order and Chaos.