After a routine job, Ashaf and Guideau have a run-in with a berserk undead--a deceased human being restored to life through the art of necromancy. Though the state strictly regulates the practice, these aberrant cases have only been growing in number. Out of his depth, Ashaf recommends necromancy expert Phanora and her assistant Johan instead, though the pair is as much a mystery as the one they intend to solve...