New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates / Forge, (1994) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first book in a new series introducing Karen Hightower (aka Bast) a single white witch, living in Manhattan, working as a free lance graphic designer and reading tarot cards on the side. But when a close friend dies suddenly, she must turn detective to find who was the killer and why - a search that takes her through New York's occult underground. 222 pp. ISBN: 0-312856040.