She came to life on Halloween. She cast a wicked spell upon the residents of Windale, Massachusetts. And then she was destroyed...but Elizabeth Wither, the leader of an ill-fated coven of witches, still haunts the one human powerful enough to dispel her ancient curse: the supernaturally gifted Wendy Ward. Hers was the name on the dying Wither's lips — "the time will come." And now that Windale's "little witch girl" is all grown up she, along with her friends Kayla, Abby, and Hannah, must face a demon like none the world's ever known—an unseen evil that "bides its time." A yellow-eyed, seven-foot beast whose blind allegiance to Wither fuels its hunger — "captive to the urge to find its special prey...."