In the depths of a shadowed city, a dark elf necromancer dares to chase immortality. Shade, a cunning scholar of death magic, will risk everything to collect the scattered grimoires of the ancient lich Zarethul. Armed with forbidden knowledge, his spectral cat Malixia, and the blades of deadly allies—including a seductive assassin, a brutal orc warrior, and a demon who watches from the dark—Shade begins a perilous ascent toward lichdom. But power always demands a price. Betrayal, ancient horrors, and the whispers of Zarethul himself stalk Shade’s path. In a world where death is only the beginning, can Shade hold onto his soul—or will he lose himself to the darkness he seeks to command?