On his 59th birthday, Tyson Parks-a famous, but struggling, horror writer-receives an ornate antiquarian desk in the hopes it will rekindle his creative juices. Perhaps inspire him to write another best-selling book and prove his best years aren't behind him...As Tyson begins to use the new desk, he finds himself writing copy at an unfathomable speed, becomes so focused on writing that he binges on all-night, all-day sessions that take a serious physical and psychological toll.Soon, Tyson begins acting strange. Violent.Meanwhile, a mysterious woman, Diana Montresor, is making inquiries with her sources around the globe for the whereabouts of a certain artifact she, and her family, have been hunting for centuries.As forces converge on Tyson's world, he faces the hardest choice of his life: Does he let go of his new muse, allow it to be taken back to the void of history where it belongs? Or does he continue to live as the desk's mouthpiece, not only regaining his glory days as a famous writer, but achieving levels of success he's only dreamed of?As the desk-and the force that lives inside it-grows stronger, he must choose.Before it's too late.