The quest to keep the thirty pieces of silver the Romans paid Judas, and the necromantic power they contain, out of the hands of Master Darque takes Gilad Anni-Padda and the Geomancer from the home of a suburban coin-collector all the way to an archaeological dig in the wilds of Anatolia. But when the power of the coins themselves is turned against them they'll need to recruit new allies to win this particular fight.