Emma had dreams, once. She would finish high school, go to university, graduate—and spend her life with Nathan. None of that came true. Nathan died. Those dreams died with him. That should have been the end of it—but it was an ending she didn't want.
Death is a wall. Emma Hall was born to climb it. She can see the dead, speak with the dead, and even—at a cost—touch them. But she isn't the only one.
In a city that defies the boundaries between life and death, the Queen of the Dead rules. She built her citadel with the power of the dead she's gathered over the centuries. She trained Necromancers and sent them into the world of the living. She found Nathan. She bound him.
Emma spent three long months hating life and its emptiness. But her friends, her family, and her half-deaf dog are responsibilities she can't just walk away from; they need her.
And she needs them. The Queen must be stopped, and Nathan must be freed. But to do that, Emma will have to walk into the heart of the Queen's citadel, to face a woman who has had centuries to build her power. Emma's had months. But if those months aren't somehow enough, everyone she still loves will join Nathan in death.
