Arcana means secrets.... These vignettes provide the beginning of the end, and the apocalypse, through the eyes of characters in the Arcana Chronicles. All over the world, those connected in some way to the lethal Arcana game-- like Death, Jack, and Fortune-- must first survive a horrifying night of blood and screams. Some will have to grapple with new powers; all will be damned to a hellish new existence of plague, brutality, desolation, and cannibalism....

A visit to a pottery shop and the encouragement of family and friends not only provide Aspen the opportunity to paint something beautiful, they also help her get past her writer's block.