About The Book Two stories converge through the actions of Ulek, a novice necromancer, who must become a sanctioned member of The Order of the Dark Arts, or else be considered, by the order, an outlaw in possession of sacred knowledge, and to be hunted down and killed by a demon which is a creation of the Order. In the paralleling story, a hitman suffers injury on his way to fulfilling his contract with a secret Government...