Book Two of the The Deschembine Trilogy. Five years ago, Rob and Sally fled Brattleboro, Vermont. Now married, they are hiding out in a Florida backwater, hunted by both sides of the ancient, otherworldly feud between the refugees of the realm of Deschemb. Meanwhile, Sheldon follows a series of disturbing visions back to Brattleboro. Jesse and Zane's search for the High Natural lands them at the center of a web of secrets and poison magic in New Orleans. Within the lands, ancient forces rise towards consciousness, threatening to reshape the world on a cataclysmic scale.