"Bone Criers have been ferrying the dead into the afterlife for centuries, a dangerous duty only possible with the powers they gain from sacrificing their amoures the men destined to love them and die. But Bone Criers Ailesse and Sabine-along with Ailesse's love, Bastien-are working to chart their own course and rewrite the rules of the afterlife. If they don't break the soul between Ailesse and her amoure, she could die-just as Bastien's father did....