replace Mort's soul with the Corpsetaker's own). Harry tracks down Mort and finds him trapped by the spirit of the Corpsetaker, a previously slain foe of Harry's who is torturing Mort in an attempt to "take" his "corpse" (i.e. The next night, Harry returns to Mort's to find that the house has been destroyed and Mort has been abducted. Once satisfied, Murphy explains to Harry that the destruction of the Red Court created a worldwide power vacuum, allowing a group called the Fomor to rise to power. Mort and Harry go to Murphy's house, and Harry is subjected to intense questioning by many of his friends and colleagues to verify his identity. Mort initially refuses to aid Harry, but after Harry helps to defend the house against an assault led by a powerful spirit-like entity, Mort reluctantly agrees. Harry finds out that he has been dead for six months, and as a spirit, both his access to his magical powers and his ability to interact with the normal world are greatly compromised.
He elects to return and heads to the house of an ectomancer who could communicate with ghosts, Mortimer Lindquist, whom Harry had maneuvered into helping him in the past. And now that Harry's on their turf, they are looking for some serious payback.Immediately following the events of Changes, Harry finds himself between life and the afterlife, where he is informed that there has been an "irregularity" with his death and is given the option to return to Chicago as a spirit and find his killer. There are malevolent shadows who haven't forgotten Harry's predilection for putting evil in its place while he was alive. Unfortunately he's not the only specter roaming Chicago. Instead, Harry must work as a ghost, unable to interact with the physical world, invisible and inaudible to almost everyone. Only by bringing his murderer to justice can he save his friends and move on to what comes next-a feat that would be a lot easier if he had a body and access to his powers. He learns that three of his friends are destined to experience unbearable torment and agony. But even trapped in the realm between life and death, Harry can't catch a break. And after someone puts a bullet through his chest and leaves him to die in the waters of Lake Michigan, things really start going downhill. "In his life, Harry's been shot, stabbed, sliced, beaten, burned, crushed, and tortured.
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