Lady Diana Walsh calls on Kit to investigate and dispel the curse she believes responsible for carving hateful words into her own flesh as she sleeps While Kit doesn’t believe in htly to such vicious assaults As Kit investigates the Walsh family, she becoer, more ominous plot--one thatin the city of Ruh, but soon Kit e Lucien Dredmore and the unwelco to surrender to either les to remain independent as she draws closer to the heart of the mystery Yet as she learns the truth behind her ladyship’s curse, Kit also uncovers a massive conspiracy that promises to ruin her life--and turn Ruround from which no one will escape alive