The thing about death is … it sneaks up on you.

Seventeen-year-old-Charlie and his new boyfriend, Sam, know that the dead can’t hurt the living. It’s ghosts who need protection – from dangerous soul catchers – and the boys have promised to keep them safe. But when a powerful force interferes with their defences, and a brutal attack leaves them questioning everything they know, the boys realise there is more at stake than they ever imagined.

A deadly occultist seeks revenge, the bodies are piling up, and a sinister force arrives in York which threatens everything that Charlie loves. As the mystery unravels, Charlie and Sam face a battle for more than just their lives.

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The story begins in book 1, Sixteen Souls