Duncan Kincaid hadn’t had time to recover from a local war against vampires, sorcerers, and a very quick-witted wizard when he got caught up in an investigation into missing people—only for it to turn out to be a series of ritual murders. The body of the last victim was found, and it was a vampire woman. The city boils again: old enemies set up new schemes, and one of them even returned as a ghost from beyond the grave.