Harry Dresden a Chicago private investigator & wizard heads to a small isolated Missouri town terrorized by Nevernever monsters The singularly unfortunate Talbot family has suffered a curse that has decimated their number for generations & only our hero can save them that is if he can survive hostile lawmen the dark secrets of townsfolk an ancient guardian spirit & two deadly carnivores! Can Dresden cleanse the Talbot bloodline of its curse without a blood sacrifice of his own?