Samantha Ryan—homicide detective by choice, witch hunter by necessity—has left Salem for San Francisco, hoping a move will help her forget the horrors of her past. But shes about to discover that witches tempted by the dark side are everywhere.... Samantha is doing whatever she can to forget her terrible childhood in a coven destroyed by its members greed and lust for power. Now shes a San Francisco detective struggling to fight her own desire to turn to magic. But as she discovers, escaping who you are isnt easy. Her latest case seems straightforward enough—the murder of a local historian named Winona Lightfoot. But strange clues take Samantha to the Santa Cruz Mountains, a place teeming with witches and black magic. As she works to uncover the connection between Winona and this coven, an earthquake rocks the Bay Area.
