<b>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 she's about to discover that witches tempted by the dark side are everywhere.... <br></b><br>Samantha is doing whatever she can to forget her terrible childhood in a coven destroyed by its members' greed and lust for power. Now she's a San Francisco detective struggling to fight her own desire to turn to magic. But as she discovers, escaping who you are isn't easy. <br><br>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. That's when Samantha has a premonition: Something is coming. Something evil. <br><br>To survive - and save everyone around her - she will have to tackle her greatest fear, and hope she isn't the next one put into a deep, dark grave....
