"Beneath Edinburgh’s brooding skies, a city's dark heart beats. Inspector MacLeod faces a murder steeped in forbidden magic – Elara Vance is dead. Whispers of a hidden world rise from the ancient wynds, ruled by the enigmatic Mr. Silas Blackwood. A tarnished silver locket, a grimoire of shadows – MacLeod's only guides. But in Auld Reekie, the price of truth is paid in blood and soul. Will he solve the shadowed secrets, or will Edinburgh claim him as its own?"