England, 1176. Beautiful, tranquil Glastonbury Abbey -- one of England's holiest sites, believed by some to be King Arthur's sacred Isle of Avalon -- has been burned almost to the ground. The arsonist remains at large, but the fire has uncovered something shocking: two hidden skeletons, a man and a woman. Are the bones those of Arthur and Guinevere? King Henry II hopes so. He calls on Adelia Aguilar, Mistress of the Art of Death, to examine them.

"Edie is stumbling her way through her twenties--sharing a subpar apartment in Bushwick, clocking in and out of her admin job, making a series of inappropriate sexual choices. She is also haltingly, fitfully giving heat and air to the art that simmers inside her. And then she meets Eric, a digital archivist with a family in New Jersey, including an autopsist wife who has agreed to an open marriage--with rules. As if navigating the constantly shifting...