Shade's latest case hits close to home when a witch shows up on her doorstep claiming her magic has been stolen. A fly-by-night coven is using an online message board to recruit inexperienced witches—only to vanish weeks later, leaving a trail of magicless women in their wake.

And it only gets weirder from there.

An offer of help from a familiar, but unwelcome source.

Growing discord from Scath threatening to play right into their enemies' hands.

And the mutilated body of a solitary witch.

Now it's personal. There's something theatrical about these magic thefts, something beyond a simple lust for power. Someone is pulling the strings—and there's no shortage of puppeteers among Shade's suspects.

But a witch can only be pushed so far.

And Shade has had enough.