Hallowfest, an outdoor pagan festival held in upstate New York, attracts all kinds of people. When a local resident is mysteriously murdered, Bast finds that her suspects include several modern-day witches, a ceremonial magician, a survivalist, a dominatrix, an ex-boyfriend, and even a few would-be Klingons. Can she discover which witch dunit--before the entire festival falls under a cloud of suspicion?