Elyssandro Santara Ruadan lives a fugitive among cursed revenants. Not that he hasn't tried to find a place among the living. But that's a complicated game with whispers from the void and death magic leaking from the fingertips. No, much safer to play Caj with the skeletons and wistful tunes on the violin.

When a phantom visitor seeks his help escaping her sinister prison, Ely finds himself compelled to set out, once again, into the land of the living. With the aid of a volatile vampire and a mechanical demon, he embarks on a rescue mission among scintillating cities, arctic wastes, witches, pirates, gods, and apostles.