Devastated from the loss of the Reaper, Viktor Brandewyne returns to savannah to give Brianna Grimm and her children the bad news about her husband only to find them missing. Worse, no one, not even Mother Celie has any memory of them or of Hezekiah Grimm sailing with him the past six years.With the help of Belladonna and Jim Rigger, Viktor sets out to find them or at least learn what happened to them.His curse grows stronger and his control over his Hunger erodes as those who hunt him close in, reminding him he must also face Mamaan Juma, the seventh Sister of Power, once and for all ...and time is running out.