Synopsis: "Something in the air is pretty scary. The sun is gone, the wind's contrary. It's quite exciting, we must confess. It must be time for a date with Death!" Strange have been the travels of Wuntvor, hapless apprentice to the mighty mage Ebenezum. Strange indeed his journeys in search of a curse for his master's malady of magicks! Yet stranger still the road that lies ahead! For Wuntvor has caught the cold eye of Death himself, who seeks to add the Eternal Apprentice to his morbid minions. To lure the lad to his dread domain, the Relentless Reaper has captured the wizard in his grim grasp! Now, if the Fates (Mary Jane, Victoria and Hortense) allow, Wuntvor will strike out for Death's Kingdom, to engage the Specter in strange and noisy contests, so that Ebenezum might be spared. But Wunt must walk the alleys and lanes of the Afterlife with caution, lest he stumble into a gutter and lose Death's game... permanently. (from the back cover of the Ace Books first edition)