Evie Greene never wanted to play in a lethal game where only one champion can survive. But as the embodiment of the Empress tarot card, she's been pitted against 21 other Major Arcana. Though Death, the hypnotically gorgeous Grim Reaper, trains her to use her Empress abilities, her powers have been muted by some unknown force, right when she'll need them against the Emperor, one of the most harrowing Arcana of them all. As The Dark Calling by Kresley Cole takes place in a postapocalyptic arena, Evie must question: can her alliance of rogues, witches, knights, and warriors defend against the Emperor's fiery wrath?