When the leader of a drug cartel tells you not to leave Mexico, it’s probably wise to listen… Tess Cooper has fought off black witches and killing curses for over five years now, fighting evil under the protection of Luis—a powerful brujo and her son’s father. But now both Luis and her son are missing and Tess is alone in Catemaco, Mexico, fighting corrupt police, shady practitioners of white magic… and the full force of a drug cartel. Surrounded by violent men and witches who practice the blackest of magic, Tess has no choice but to do as she’s told, to watch and to listen, waiting for the moment she can save herself, her child, and her sometimes-lover. Because this time there is no one to come rescue her.