Death follows her like a jealous lover.The American southwest during the Civil War. And the dead are rising…Brennan is a drifter, gunslinger and sometime thief, protecting a once in a lifetime score and looking forward to a carefree existence until he meets…Solenne… the the lone survivor of a tribe massacred by reapers… rabid cannibals contaminated with the curse, a disease that causes all those bitten or injured to rise from death and become one of the infected - mindless monsters that hunger only for human flesh. Raised as a warrior and Witch-Woman, Solenne hunts and destroys those tainted by the curse. But she in turn is hunted… by Confederate Colonel Simon Johnston.Johnston is viciously insane and will stop at nothing to bring victory to the South. Solenne holds the key to his horrifying plans for conquest…Their lives meet in blood and death…