The battle lines for the final war between Earth, Hell and Heaven have been drawn... but only the mortal man named Ivan can see them. He has been entrusted with the flaming angelic sword once wielded by Lucifer and all he has to do is to pass it on to Satan's daughter. Unfortunately, she's not interested in getting involved. Even more unfortunately, Satan's son Dirge is. Sometimes the only escape from destiny... is Defiance! "The Scabbard" Part three of four, Sipher, the Devil's daughter, is the key to stopping Satan's plans for universal dominion... but when she's attacked by Dirge and his army of demons with only a retired Hellion and a dead man to protect her, well... there's no nice way to put this: she runs away. Meanwhile, both Ivan and Mayor Thibodeaux come to personal crossroads... and one of them makes the wrong decision. So wrong. So very, very, very wrong.
