They called it the Thorn Hill Massacre - the brutal attack on a once-thriving Weir community. Though Jonah Kinlock lived through it he did not emerge unscathed: like the other survivors Jonah possesses unique magical gifts that set him apart from members of the mainline guilds.
At seventeen Jonah has become the deadliest assassin in Nightshade a network that hunts the undead. Emma Claire Greenwood grew up worlds away raised by a grandfather who taught her music rather than magic. An unschooled wild child she runs the streets until the night she finds her grandfather dying gripping a note warning Emma that she might be in danger. The clue he leaves behind leads Emma into Jonah's life - and a shared legacy of secrets and lingering questions.
Was Thorn Hill really a peaceful commune? Or was it as the Wizard Guild claims a hotbed of underguild terrorists? The Wizards' suspicions grow when members of the mainline guilds start turning up dead. They blame Nightshade bringing tensions between the groups to a head. Racing against time Jonah and Emma work to uncover the truth about Thorn Hill amid increasing concern that whoever planned the Thorn Hill Massacre might strike again.
