1865. Defrauded spiritual medium Alicia Wilkinson is brought to The Ashcroft Hospital at the behest of Dr. John James Templeton. He offers Alicia a second chance to revive her once-thriving career: Perform a seance amongst the patients in order to drawing out their mental maladies. Alicia performs her first series of seances with the patients -- including traumatized soldiers returning from the Civil War, women whose sanity has slipped through their fingers -- only to realize their sessions might work all too well. What no one knows is Alicia is a fake. A liar. A cheat... So why are the patients suddenly acting possessed? The author of hit horror novels, Whisper Down the Lane, Ghost Eaters, and others bring his talents to Dark Horse.