Honoria is alerted to impending danger by Nelchael, her most special Watcher. But when that danger seems to focus on him, and a human who has caught Nelchael's eye, Honoria brings them and Nelchael's hellhound to stay at her home. In retaliation, their nemesis attacks human targets until rumor has it there's a preter war. When friends and family are hurt, Nelchael insists they have no choice but to go on the attack. Take on their adversary on its own ground. But can they defeat an enemy powerful enough to raise the dead?