A malevolent obsession is driving the innocent to their graves.
Necromancer Kezia Bernard is closing in on her lifelong pursuit of unleashing the magic buried in her DNA.
But when a loved one's sanity cracks, Kezia must put her dreams on hold one last time.
While visiting Chicago to meet a psychiatric specialist, Kezia investigates a series of child deaths in a nearby town.
But when she discovers a terrible link between the victims and necromancy, Kezia fears the corruptions of ancestral magic may be too powerful to overcome.
Partnering with a Viking and her own patron ancestors, the necromancer must save the town from generations of hate and a thirst for revenge that can never be sated.
But as the necromancer soon discovers, hate is a formidable enemy.
And its poison may be lurking inside her, too.
Can Kezia free the tortured souls from a reign of madness? Or are the sins of the past destined to torment the living forever?.