How do you stop something born of chaos? What can you hope for if the enemy is invulnerable? Who can you trust, if even your best friends betray you? Finding answers to all these questions, enlisting the help of a hired killer, and tearing apart the web of intrigues—that is no easy trial. But a young necromancer won’t be able to avoid it, because the intricate patterns of her fate are being woven by the very Darkness itself...