The Master of Death is "a collection of legends, loosely assembled into a sort of novel" that features a nameless protagonist who seeks out "Death himself." The cover displays "a sinister, cowled figure fac[ing] a wand-wielding wizard." The book is written in "archaic, meandering prose with frequent philosophical tangents." Darla Dearborn borrowed a copy of the book from the Charmbridge Academy Library in the Fall of 2009, and persuaded Innocence Pritchard to return it for her. Before Pritchard could return the book, however, she was intercepted by Alexandra Quick, who took the book.