You know that famous mystery writer? The one whom death stalks wherever she goes? Turns out bad luck doesn't cause death to follow her. She provokes it all—for a reason.

And this time, someone will stop her.

A student at a writing workshop has a secret agenda. Yes, she wants to become a bestseller. But first she must deal with the competition—in a wholly unexpected way.

"Kristine Kathryn Rusch integrates the fantastic elements so rigorously into her story that it is often hard to remember she is not merely recording the here and now."

—Science Fiction Weekly