Evil has triumphed and the dead walk among men, their flesh imbued by the Beckoning with a seductive and irresistible beauty.
A boy on the cusp of manhood must face the night and the seductive allure of the dead, armed with nothing but runes to ward him from their irresistible allure. If he survives the rite of passage, he will become a man. If he fails, he will die, and the Beckoning will take up his body to hunt the people he loves and seduce them to their deaths.
But Jan Unwin's First Night is goes horribly wrong and he is set on a path that will change him in ways he can't imagine.