After the shocking events of last issue, Baltimore Sun music blogger Alyssia Singer finds herself at a crossroads: Will she face her grief with booze, depressing music and meaningless sex... or confront the demons of her past to solve the string of violent murders plaguing Baltimore's underground witching community? Because solving the murder means Alyssia-an excommunicated witch who no longer uses magic-must confront her estranged family and keep her non-magic colleagues in the dark about the true nature of the story gripping the city... and now it seems that the killer has set his sights on her...