A magic talisman. Suffering souls. A stalking threat. Can a healer become a warrior? Mary van Amsterdam's calling in the afterlife is to care for a rag-tag crew of misfit dead animal spirits. Selflessly helping them recover from the unique trauma of their deaths, she's barely coping with her own separation from friends and family left behind in the mortal realm. Just when she feels she's beginning to make progress, her eccentric afterlife sanctuary...