Soul burners and spirit eaters locked in conflict roam a world bleak with the fire of their passage . . .Blank, a cipher waiting to be written, Nophtha draws spirits into himself, preventing malady and madness but, now, compelled by Empire to hunt down a soul burner named Wite, Nophtha enters into a quest as mad, as quixotic, and as dark as any in the history of literature.Wite and Nophtha.Nophtha and Wite.What separates soul burner from spirit eater?A brilliant new novel from International Horror Guild award-winning Michael Cisco.