Working for the Devil
core novel 2006 Dante Valentine
Record
| First published | 2006 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.80 (13,002 ratings, collected 2026-09-11) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780446616706 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
Working for the Devil, published in 2005, introduces necromancer Dante Valentine, known professionally as Danny, in a gritty future San Francisco where humans born with psychic powers have gained limited legal protection but remain objects of suspicion and exploitation. Danny, who tracks fugitives and communes with the dead for a living, finds her routine bounty-hunter existence upended when she is hired directly by the Devil himself, Lucifer, to eliminate a rogue demon that has proven impossible to kill through any ordinary means. Bound by an infernal contract she cannot simply refuse, and partnered against her will with Japhrimel, a fallen demon assigned to ensure she completes the job, Danny must find a way to fulfill an assignment that seems, by every reasonable measure, genuinely impossible.
Where it sits
- Universe: Dante Valentine
- Series: Dante Valentine core; position 1 of 5 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Lilith Saintcrow
Notes
- From the series record (Dante Valentine): Completed 5-book urban fantasy sequence; all five novels are the whole of the Core Canon.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series Dante Valentine: position 1 of 5: next Dead Man Rising (2006)
Sources
- Wikipedia: Lilith Saintcrow
- https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/lilith-saintcrow/working-for-the-devil/9780316019491/
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