In the shadows, treachery and betrayal grow unseen. Men hungry for power call out to dark forces. They are not only listening, they whisper back.

The raising of a new magical tower marked the end of the Queen of the Desert's reign of terror, but the darkness never really dies. At the state funeral in Port Ruth, Lucinda, Magda and Ascara discover that all is not as it seems. Betrayal is close at hand. From the darkness, the dead rise up and seek revenge. With the whole city, living and undead out to get them, they find themselves tested to their limits. 

As the world teeters on the brink of destruction it is clear that one chosen one is not enough, they need three of them.