Charlie Countryman has a terrible gift: he can see death before it strikes.
When his mother's ghost sends him to Bucharest, he finds Gabriela, a hauntingly talented violinist trapped by a 200-year-old necromancer's binding. The terms of her curse are absolute: anyone who falls in love with her dies.
But Charlie isn't just a tourist. He is a Death-walker-a rare being capable of crossing the veil between worlds. To break Gabriela's chains, Charlie must do the unthinkable: intentionally stop his own heart, enter the realm of the dead, and strike a bargain with Death itself.
He has four minutes to return. If he fails, he dies. If he succeeds, he loses his humanity forever.
Love is worth dying for. But is it worth becoming a monster?