The Lich-Pharaoh An'karset has ruled his necromantic empire for millennia through cold calculus and absolute control. Every soul is accounted for, every variable predicted, every leak sealed. When something unpredictable finally emerges — a soul that slips through, a slave girl who stands too close, a signal from the irradiated Badlands — the immortal ruler discovers that his perfect system has a flaw: curiosity.
