With just one brush, Brier can bewitch, curse, maim and even kill... She first took a life when she was only eleven. But it won't happen again. The girl does not want to control other people's destinies and therefore decides to leave the people closest to her, for whom someone's life is just a spot of paint. Now Brier trades in petty curses and revenge, but always with one condition: her magic will only harm those who truly deserved it. So she becomes involved in the adventure of a talented thief named Archer, who hires the artist to save the kidnapped daughter of Lord Barden. But when Brier and Archer find themselves one step away from success, the girl’s past puts their lives in danger. Will the artist of curses be able to change her purpose or is the magic of the dark arts only capable of destruction?