The southbound trail of a stolen spell book becomes a nightmare road trip in a propulsive novel about the unrelenting power of evil by the author of Lighthouse Burning. Harlan Winter has returned to his corner of Appalachia, where his fiery history with a depraved cult has made him a legend. All Harlan wants is to run his occult bookshop and get on with his lifeif only his unsettling visions would let him. But when a fellow devotee of the dark arts moves to Coopersville and Harlans coveted grimoire is stolen, hes pulled into a world deadlier than the one that already scarred his soul. The foolish thieves are two local teenagers hightailing it out of Appalachia in a stolen car and heading south to Florida where a buyer for the coveted grimoire is waiting. They have no idea what evil lies on the road ahead. But Harlan does. Blood has already been spilled. Hes following them mile by mile on a mission to save them before its too late. Because once their prized possession is in the wrong hands, there will be hell to pay.