Magic comes with a heavy price. Marty Schultz and his friends have seen the destructive ways in which magic can be used. They've also seen how it can be harnessed to save people in need. But they're still just college students, and they've made use of a power they don't fully understand. Marty seeks normalcy, a chance to be a student and start a relationship with his beautiful co-worker. But life has a way of becoming complicated in a hurry. A necromancer walks the streets of their college town, and Marty finds himself being the reluctant hero once more, even though doing so could mean the end of his new romance before it ever begins. Those closest to Marty have issues of their own. His sister is convinced he's up to no good, and she's decided to take a job in town so she can investigate further. His ex-fiancee is tortured by hellish visions, a side effect from her use of magic. His best friend is struggling to keep the unexpected consequences of a spell from coming back to haunt them. All the while, the key to bringing Marty the normalcy he desires most is lost, and finding it again will lead them into dark alliances and the depths of a magical criminal underground they never knew existed.