The ghosts of the Civil War are disappearing - and only boundary witch Lex can find answers. Months after her battles in Wyoming, Allison "Lex" Luther is still struggling with the aftereffects of a psychic attack - and the new developments in her own magic. Then Lex's boss, the cardinal vampire of Colorado, passes along a strange request from her counterpart in Atlanta. Hundreds of Civil War spirits have abruptly vanished in Beau Calhoun's territory, and he wants Lex to figure out why. In exchange, Beau can help her undstand boundary magic, which runs in his family line as well. Despite her trepidation, Lex jouneys to the Deep South, where she discovers tht ghosts are everywhere.... and that her host's intentions are more complicated than he promised. It seems his teenage descendant is being hunted, and both Beau and Lex fear the young woman's boundary blood may have made her a target.