Liz tries to help Ellen find her way in the world, but after their first alone meeting at the House of Gods, Ellen gets attacked by a strange man in an alley. A glow from her hand burns the man in his face and Ellen wonders what she did and why he was attacking her.

When Ellen and her neighbor Greg find themselves climbing out of her apartment with a horde of zombies after them, Ellen starts to realize that the stories she have been told as a young girl might actually be real. Could the darkness be coming back and is the old magic still alive?

The Matter of Night is a fast-paced novel with magic, zombies, addiction and a touch of LGBTQ+ romance.