Sir Hugh de Grey, aka The Pale Knight, has made a pact with death. The life of his son in exchange for Gilbert the Pure. But his quest to find Gilbert leads Sir Hugh through an England thats descended into a phantasmagorical Dance of Death. Meanwhile, fake magician Aaron of Albi begins a dangerous love affair. Flagellants, spectral line dances, lovers, and buboes. All this and more in The Pale Knight part two.