After

On the streets of an ancient city, with creepers wandering at will and a mysterious assassin leaving corpses all over Pandorum, a young spook with a dark secret will do anything to keep his brothers safe. Conrad Ellis the Third wants only to live out his short life in the Black Quarter, hunting creepers and keeping his city safe. But when a young woman arrives with problems of her own and his youngest stepbrother is abducted, Conrad finds himself trekking across the city. With his health failing and the danger escalating, he will have no choice but to confront the inevitable truth. Today he may hunt creepers. Tomorrow, he just might be one.