Timothy and Cassandra try to end the feud between the Wurm, newly released upon Arcanum, and the mages who banished them before they have a chance to destroy Arcanum.
Timothy Cade is a shunned outsider, but his skills lead him to be summoned by parliament to help an exploratory team stop Raptus, the leader of the Wurm, from invading Sunderland.
Xizor, a reptilian criminal who seeks to usurp Darth Vadar's position in the Empire, marks Luke Skywalker as his first target, while the young Jedi marshall's his forces to free Han Solo, who is being held captive in a carbonite slab.
The attempt of three powerful mediums to open up communication between the living and the dead has disastrous consequences when every corpse within a three-hundred-mile radius of New York City is animated and begins to prey on the living.
Best friends Sammi, Caryn, T.Q., Letty, and Katsuko decide to get a tattoo as a sign of the special bond between them, but when Sammi nervously backs out, she begins to realize the group's friendship is thrown into jeopardy.