: Marcel meets the "mysterious and delectable" Death himself, who saves his life and becomes a central love interest. Key Characters

: After a disastrous event at Baker Street tube station leaves his partner seriously injured, Marcel is shamed and sent to the small village of Oakthorne .

: In a world where Death "walked off the job" twenty years ago, spirits of the dead can no longer move on. Necromancers like Marcel are tasked with policing these stuck and often problematic spirits.

: The actual entity of Death, depicted with a cheeky personality, who has abandoned his responsibilities for unknown reasons.

is the first book in the Necromancer Rising series by Richard Amos . It is an M/M paranormal urban fantasy romance featuring a necromancer named Marcel and the literal embodiment of Death. Plot Summary