River Cromwell has everything?wealth, power, and a heart carefully walled off from the world. Until one act of unexpected sacrifice ends his life.

But Death gives him an offer no mortal has ever refused:
Die now?or serve as his apprentice.

Tasked to guide lost souls through the fog-laden realm of the dead, River must face the horrors that lurk between worlds?and the ghosts of his own past. As he unravels the mysteries of life, loss, and his mother's death, River learns that even Death has secrets... and every debt must be paid.

Dark. Emotional. Epic. The journey begins with a man who refused to die quietly.