Businesswoman. Healer. Guild Master. Necromancer. Morgan Whiltemore has plenty on her plate. When she discovers a lesser tear on a mandated patrol, she reluctantly decides to let another guild deal with it. Tears require specialist skills and precision demon hunting — two things Morgan has lost confidence in over the years.

But when the tear allows evil to strike very close to home, Morgan vows to avenge the soul who was lost on her watch — the first human fatality at demon hands in ten years. The only problem? The Magic Enforcement Agency wants to take the case off her guild’s hands, due to a shortage of level-five members.

With just three days to find a high-ranking new recruit and keep the investigation under her control, Morgan pulls all the strings she can to find someone to complete her team. But even as she battles to keep the demons out, forces within her guild are working to end her leadership — for good.