Publisher blurb: The House of Irian, a notorious family known as much for their artistic and magical talents as for their depravity, vanished years ago, along with their ancestral home and the surrounding town of Malegore. Now rumors say the home and town have returned but the entire area is cursed. Has the family returned as well? What became of their fabulous wealth and their library that is said to rival that of the Curator's Scriptorum? How does this curse manifest, and will it spread further? As you set off to find some answers, one lingering thought creeps into your mind: are you looking at your fellows with paranoia and suspicion because of this supposed curse, or do some of them have ulterior motives for being here?