On a grey coastal holiday with her family, twenty-year-old Melissa Thames doesn't expect much excitement - that is, before she goes into a dusty bookshop and buys a blank diary that turns out to be the most powerful book of black magic in existence. Her life turns upside down and inside out… She's kidnapped by a battle witch and her bodyguard, who claim she needs protection. To prove their point, a power-hungry warlock makes a devastating attempt on her life. Melissa is left with no choice...

Two months after the catastrophic events that changed Melissa's life, Cheri calls for help. Appealing to Melissa's kind nature, Cheri informs her of her newest mission: to travel to the archaic world of necromancers, answering their call for aid.With the promise of dragons, commonplace sorcery and chivalrous Warriors, how could Melissa refuse? The only problem is that she will enter Anarch's domain owing him a debt. How long will it be before he calls in his favour?Her magi...