Alabastair Nekrosine--descended from a line of celebrated necromancers--has tended to the departed from the moment he could grasp a child-sized Death Rattle. Meeting his new mentor, his extreme confidence may salvage the evening's festivities--or cause his ruin.
With less than twenty-four hours to answer the curse's summons, will Maritza and Alabastair reject its demands and suffer the consequences, or embrace the restraints of fate?