New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates / Forge, (1995) dj. Hardcover first edition - The second in the series featuring Karen Hightower (aka Bast) a modern day witch, and amateur detective. When a bookseller is murdered by a thief who is after an ancient spell book that may have once belonged to Mary, Queen of Scots, she finds herself involved in a search for a killer that takes her through New York's occult underground. 220 pp. ISBN: 0-312856059.