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Newly married and free at last from her father's control, Emma steps into her new life as Lady Ashbourne, yet her gift as a medium for the dead is put to a greater test. Her husband, the viscount, rallies their team of investigators for a journey north to Whitby, answering a dire plea for help from a friend whose brother has perished at sea. His ship lies abandoned at port, its cargo untouched after the surviving crew fled. Only the surgeon remains, blaming smallpox amid swirling rumors of a darkness from the abyss. Waiting among its silent decks is a presence more insidious than any spirit Emma could have imagined-an entity that wields grief to lure victims to their deaths. As illusions sweep the team into currents that twist truth with lies, shadows from the past stir with vengeance in mind. Hunted by converging forces of both the living and the dead, Emma and her companions must face their own fears and passions while thrust into a struggle that threatens to tear them apart. The denizen of the ship will claim its price, whether in secrets, in lives, or in souls.