Armed with new knowledge that suggests a great sacrifice must be made to change her fate, Miriam continues her quest and learns that she must undo the tragedies of her past to move forward. One such tragedy is Wren, who is now a teen caught up in a bad relationship with the forces that haunt Miriam and has become a killer, just like Miriam. Black must try to save the girl, but what's ahead is something she thought impossible...

Miriam is trying. Really, she is. But this whole "settling down thing" that Louis has going for her just isn't working out. She lives on Long Beach Island all year around. Her home is a run-down double-wide trailer. She works at a grocery store as a check-out girl. And her relationship with Louis -- who's on the road half the time in his truck -- is subject to the piss and vinegar Miriam brings to everything she does. It just isn't going well. Still,...

Mariam is on the road again, this time with a purpose: she's heard of a woman, another psychicgrifter who may be able to help with her power. Mariam is tracking her down across the southwest, always a step behind . . . until she comes across a boy on the run with his mother, both of whom are in the sights of a sniper. Miriam is not a hero -- she's looking out for herself -- but this boy leads her into the center of a storm of domestic terrorists who...