The City of Julis in the Onvittaine is rife with superstition and the devious nature of the mystic. Three lives collide in the torturous undercurrents of three desperate curses. Desire, lust, power, obsession, addiction, fervor, desperation, and death flow in the darkness of Julis and in the seedy Gypsun Quarter. And not even the blessings of Saint Sommes herself can save those who become lost in the depravity, darkness, and permission of the Quarter. They can only save themselves. The three books take place in a fictional, dark version of Paris in the late-Victorian era, and feature three characters cursed with the gifts of a dead saint. The first novel, Breath, is about a young woman cursed to celibacy because her kiss and breath draw away life, all except one night a year. The second novel, Tears, is about a man cursed to feel bliss when he suffers physical pain, and the religious conflict he feels about his curse and a relationship with the man who brings him release. The third novel, Blood, is about a brilliant surgeon cursed with blood that heals. His life falls apart as he gradually becomes addicted to working miracles among the desperate of Julis.