The dead need him. Something darker is coming. Seventeen-year-old Alex McKenna has never been ordinary. A transgender boy born into a powerful Strega bloodline, he's inherited the ability to speak with the dead. And the responsibility that comes with it. With his girlfriend Margaret and his fiercely loyal great-grandmother at his side, Alex helps restless spirits find peace and move on. But peace is getting harder to find. When a string of brutal murders begins to tear through his neighborhood, Alex senses a pattern others can't see. A pattern tied to decades of unexplained deaths. The spirits aren't just restless anymore. They're afraid. As Alex digs deeper, he uncovers a presence far more dangerous than anything he's faced before-something that doesn't just linger in the shadows, but hunts within them. And the closer Alex gets to the truth, the clearer it becomes: this force has been waiting for him. Now, with time running out and the line between the living and the dead beginning to fracture, Alex must confront a darkness that could destroy everything he loves. Because this time, helping the dead might be the very thing that gets him killed.