Anita Blake fans! Here is Harry Dresden! A hunter of the black undead, whose profession is to risk his own skin in the fight against the creatures of the Night. An outcast who once raised his hand against his own teacher and is now left alone with death. A master who can do a lot and ready for a lot. But this time Harry will have a hard time. He will have to find the mysterious “Word of Kemmler” - the last surviving manuscript on earth of a criminal black magician executed by the verdict of the White Council. Anyone who dares to perform the monstrous ritual described in this book on Halloween night will find power equally over the world of the living and the world of the dead. If Harry does not discover the “Word of Kemmler” first, it will end up in the hands of Kemmler’s surviving students - and will destroy millions of innocent lives... The hunt begins. Halloween is getting closer...