Successful children's book author R.L. Stine makes his stunning adult fiction debut with a dark and terrifying tale in the tradition of Dean Koontz. Young Sara Morgan is too much in love with Liam O'Connor, her dashing Irish folklore professor, to let his odd, superstitious behavior get in the way. Then Sara learns the secrets behind Liam's obsession with superstitions . . . and why he has good reason to be afraid.