Jarrod had defeated Rhauk, and the family was safe. Or so they thought. Twenty years after Thorntyne's had toasted to their security, a new trouble stirred. Among relatives in northern France this evil dwelled, quiet and unnoticed for the longest time. Yet it grew stronger each day, waiting for the moment to arrive when the trap would be sprung. The morning he arrived seemed perfect, and the cloud of Death loomed close over the manor. What no one expected was for two people to have the power to overcome it, to save the family once again, and to save each other.