Abby Gale was born Dead, which is what you'd expect after her mother miraculously gave birth after centuries of being a ghost. But unlike her mother, Abby ages just like the Living. Now thirty, Abby has caught the attention of the Brotherhood of Reapers, and particularly, Ryden Pengrave. The Brotherhood has learned that Born ghosts exist, and their new leadership will do everything to collect these ghosts for their own agenda. Ryden forces Abby on a quest through the mountains of Appalachia, but are his intentions to help, or does he plan to thrust Abby into the hands of the Reapers and a fate worse than Death?