Since the fall of the kingdom of Esteldia, all have suffered under the new rule of Simuragh. Decades pass and people forget, except for one. Emilia is a potato farmer, living her days struggling to meet the tax that Simuragh has placed upon the land. After an unruly visit from the Black Guard, the personal mercenaries of the Simuragh royalty, Emilia's father is killed for fighting back. Death himself offers her a deal she can't refuse, a deal that makes her his personal mercenary. But when she meets the man Death wants her to kill, her emotions get in the way. Can she balance her morals and complete the task Death has set before her?
