Venice, 16th Century Having undertaken a mission of the upmost discretion, occul
tist and scholar Edward Kelley finds his ultimate salvation means confronting th
e darkest deeds of his past. England, 21st Century When Jackdaw Hammond inherits
an old house in the middle of nowhere her fresh start is threatened by a wild m
agic similar to her own. The battle for her soul has just begun...A stunning fol
low-up to The Secrets of Life and Death, a gripping supernatural thriller that b
ridges time, legend and the power of blood.