Gabriel is dead, killed by Gwyn, Lord of Cinder. He awakes in the Undead Asylum to find himself hollow, yet strangley, he is not insane, in fact, he has every control over his mind and body.

Freed from his cell by an odd young stallion called Malakai, he sets out on a journey with vengence burning in his unliving, unbeating heart.

The horrors of the outer world will be realized step by agonizing step, and Gabriel will learn more about himself then he'd ever hoped to.