Kathryn has just started at Oxford and wants to become an author but she’s got a bad case of writer’s block. Will her new friends Bertie and Bertie’s Father Merlin be able to help? The noise of voices aren’t helping her to focus at all until she learns the voices belong to two of the most famous authors of the 20th century. Many authors from throughout history join the party and team up to help Kathryn with her problem. To add to the mystery of it all, there has been a murder in the afterlife. But how do you murder someone who is already dead? Merlin’s story continues, raising more questions than it answers as we uncover his origins in the future.