When a dead man asks for help, who would say no? Anyone with half an ounce of sense, perhaps...
Tragedy drove Shaelle Ellathyn to retreat to the woods and the comfort of family, and took something exceptional to lead her back to the wider world. A dead man returned mysteriously to life, in fact. A dead man with many enemies and a need for a skilled hand with a sword to aid him in his secret vendetta. Soon, Shaelle finds herself travelling again, enmeshed in a game of secrets and murder as the past catches up with her: not just her past, but that of her companion and his faceless enemies.
From a long-lost fortress in a broken land to the greatest city of the Northern Kingdoms, Shaelle confronts the worst that the world can offer, all in the hope of a new life for a lost love. But just how far can she trust the man she's travelling with, and just how is it that he returned to life?