Publisher's blurb: Mist creeps above the damp earth, coiling over empty, dug-up graves. Two great braziers burn at the entrance to the mausoleum, barred shut by reinforced doors. Within it are cracked and opened tombs, filled with the bones of many men. It is separated into two sections—that symbolised by the angel sword, and that of the double-crossed bull’s scull. A musty, threadbare rug divides the mausoleum, and leads up to a desk. Upon it waits an open spell-book, ingredients, and burning candles...