Book excerpt: Before Irel has time to sort out the latest clue in the mystery surrounding the chrism bottles, he and his friends are attacked by a skeletal assassin in a pinstripe suit on the hunt for Lamia. To make matters worse, there's also a pair of crazed were-cats on Lamia's trail as well. As Clarion faces off against the cat-girls and Lamia goes head-to-skull with the zombie called Skeleton, can Irel help either of them and keep his crew together?