Sean Wyndham begins his second summer of magical training with mentor Joseph Kokokoho, who guards the mysteries of long-deserted Dunwich. Mountains crowned with stone circles and dubious altars, whippoorwill-haunted glens that lead to transdimensional rifts, what could be cooler? A new familiar, that's what, and a new shot at developing a better control over his own Magic. And, with Eddy and Daniel at nearby Miskatonic University for weekend hang-outs, Sean's expectations for this summer are high. Also at MU is a new magic student, Felicia Peralta, long and lean and impenetrably distant, until she takes a sudden interest in Sean. Nor is Felicia the only one unusually curious about Sean. The undead witch Patience Orne has returned to Arkham, determined to meet her many-times-great-grandson at last - and meeting isn't the only thing on her mind�