One woman alone holds the power to undo the hundred-year-old curse of aninvincible army of dead men who wait to prey upon the living. Maerose, abeautiful, resilient maiden must drive back the evil spirits by mating with aman of faith on the dark night of Samhain at the very gates of the underworld. Her dormant magic can only be unleashed by willing submission to her predestinedlover . . . but a mad man aligned with the demonic forces of the underworldthreatens to possess her in his place.