A story of deadly magic and dark intrigue, of bloody murders and world-shattering conspiracies, set against the backdrop of a world torn apart by the return of magic and an Elizabethan England where only six cities have survived…

“Reaping a man’s soul is not a pleasant experience. Still, by now you would think I would be used to it.”

Caerlyons, 1641. An old magician had been brutally murdered and Daniel Therwood – soulreaper and occasional thieftaker – finds himself accused of the crime. Waking up in bed next to a dead body and with a new soul rattling around in his mind, Therwood is forced to go on the lam, determined to find the true murderer and clear his name.

Running for his life and with only an imprisoned magician and a long-dead nobleman as his allies, Therwood must stay one step ahead of his former colleagues, face the wrath of the omnipotent fae and untangle a conspiracy to unleash a god before his own time runs out.