Funeral pyres burned day and night, choking the air with ash and blotting out the sun as the undead legion of Gar'Udok advanced across the Northern lands. The great necromancer spurned all that is holy in his quest for personal power, and his contempt for the living was only exceeded by his greed and taste for destruction. Thanks to the concerted efforts of allied nations, he was defeated, but his legacy "lives" on as his most powerful artifacts are unearthed and his surviving minions rise again. There's something in this book for everyone, not just those interested in the creatures, spells, prestige classes and magic items pertaining to necromancy. Meet the Lotahm, a prestige class of those whose link with their bird companions grants them eerie powers, revel in the power granted by the Canopic Jar, or lust after the alabaster maiden as her gaze strikes you dead...