The last mile is always the longest. The Scourge: Emaculum is the haunting conclusion to the Scourge trilogy. Sir Edward Dallingridge's wife, the Lady Elizabeth, waits, once more, in St. Edmund's Abbey. And to reach her, Edward must battle a king and save a queen, break an oath and make another. He must destroy a legion of demons and take up God's banner as two armies threaten to tear England apart. The Red Plague that has swept England continues to burn through the populace, and the feudal hierarchy collapses. With every life he takes, Edward's soul blackens a shade, and only his lost love can save him from his sins. But he must reach her first. And his greatest enemies are not the savage plaguers wandering the villages of his kingdom, but the men and women who have avoided the affliction. Where is King Richard? Where are England's armies? Can the Red Plague be cured? Edward will unravel each of these mysteries . . . but the answers may not please him.