Alan Templeton, sergeant of detectives in the small city of Salt Lake, has a mess on his hands. He and his team are investigating two series of murders that he is convinced are somehow linked. They are very unusual, however. In some of the killings--ritualistic sacrifices--there is no evidence left behind by the murderers, while on the others there is an orgy of evidence that makes no sense. He has to solve them quickly, before more people fall victim to the grisly crimes. Chance Black, a man who is finding it hard to cope with life due to his hideous appearance, is suddenly saddled with...

Following an incredible transformation in Ancient Memory, the first book in the Out of the Mist series, Chance Black must find and rescue Onawah Vaishali, another of the Ancients, an immortal race of beings who used to be worshipped as Gods. Chance is aided by Aine McCarthy, a sorceress who used to protect Chance's Ancient sister, Creirwy. They are accompanied by Koi, a clever and mysterious modern Apache warrior. Together, they must solve the mystery in the Superstition Mountains of Arizona. Meanwhile, the surviving priestesses of Creirwy find themselves running from the Ancients with whom...

In this, the third volume of the Out of the Mist series, we meet Gwen, a talented musician, who is visited by the spirit of the lake next to her small town of Bala, Wales. Unbeknownst to her, that spirit gave her the powers of the ancient Bard, Taliesin. Myth and legend tell of his powers of clairvoyance, as well as his ability to tell the future. Together with her brother, Auryn, they form a band called "The Taliesin Twins." At the first concert of their introductory tour, that power manifests as she is swept into a trance, revealing in her song some of the activities of the Ancients, as...