A disgraced cop and a sentient corpse make the unlikeliest of partners—bound by a single mission: save a young girl from a fate worse than death. Detective Marlon Ashe is running out of lines he won’t cross; Dr. Vickrum Slate, once humanity’s best hope against the undead blight, carries the scars of what his genius unleashed…and the memory of his daughter, Sumrien. Together, they wade into a broken world where justice is a rumor and survival demands uncomfortable alliances.