Nell and the team have to deal with a mysterious black magic wielder who is casting huge circles with sacrifices for an unknown reason. The circles draw Rick, in his cat form, but not Occam in his cat form and it also draws vampires to it. Local witches deny knowledge and refuse to help. As the circles become stronger and the sacrifices become larger it is a race to discover who is casting them and why before Rick is lost and the magic wielder achieves their evil goal.  We also have more on Nell’s private life as a churchman attacks her and she continues her intention to gain custody of her younger sister known as Mud.

This takes place after the events in the Jane Yellowrock novel, Dark Queen, and the character of Ayatas FireWind is present in his capacity of PsyLED special agent in charge of the eastern seaboard. The team gains a new member in FBI agent Margot Racer who has secrets of her own.

The action is non-stop and the team becomes even more of a family unit. I really enjoy this series as well as Ms Hunter’s Jane Yellowrock series, and I highly recommend both series. ~~ Stephanie L Bannon

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