Whoever said books couldn’t be dangerous were lying. After finding an ancient text claiming to hold the secrets of the Chalice of Ichor, Valeria takes it to her Advisor. His advice, to show it to the one person she never wanted to see again. Lazarus Mors. Between him and the rest of the Masters, she believes her fate sealed and Obsidian Prison beckons. But fate is fickle. Thrown from Temple Mortis, they take her precious notes, and Valeria vows to do everything she can to free Advisor Lucian from the hell he’s trapped in. Including joining forces with the three men that hold her life in their hands. When they stumble into a street of headless and bloody corpses, it forces Valeria to give up her secrets one argument at a time. Can they find the monster lurking in their midst, or will they share the fate befallen everyone else they meet?