The Dark Queen rules with an iron hand. A monster that threatens all living things. A hero destined to defeat them. Many fairy tales are about that. But what if you’re trapped in an evil fairy tale where you are fated to die on the very first pages? The cellist Eva is prophesied to become a hero—yet she dies without having time to fulfill what was destined. Only one necromancer has plans for her. And a minor detail like death cannot stop a necromancer. Pulled into a deadly conspiracy, living on the edge between life and nonexistence—will Eva be able to find happiness? And can fate be tricked, when the price of victory is her death?