Of existing serial homicide cases, women make up less than one-tenth of American serial killers. However, among female serial killers in existence worldwide, American women have the dubious honor of snagging better than three-quarters of that total.

Within the characteristics of the Kelleher Typology nine-point categorization of serial killers is that of SEXUAL PREDATORS—those who systematically kill others in clear acts of sexual homicide.

They are sociopaths, sometimes harboring a form of paraphilia, but almost always killing in order to fuel or even validate an ongoing fantasy.

In the case of female serial killers, this classification is so distinctly rare that there has been only one documented instance of it in the United States.

Still, there are those who wonder if that case was merely an isolated anomaly, or in fact a harbinger of what is yet to come.

Rowan Gant is about to find the answer…

A missing school teacher, decomposed remains in a shallow grave, and a sadistic serial killer prowling Saint Louis by the semi-darkness of the waning moon... EXACTLY the kind of thing Rowan Gant has no choice but to face. But, this time his bane, the uncontrolled channeling of murder victims, isn't helping; for the dead are speaking, but not necessarily to him. Rowan once again must skirt the prejudices of police lieutenant Barbara Albright as he and his best friend, homicide detective Ben Storm, race to save a friend... and perhaps someone even closer.

In February of 2001, serial killer Eldon Andrew Porter set about creating a modern day version of the 15th century inquisition and Witch trials. Following the tenets of the Malleus Maleficarum and his own insane interpretation of the Holy Bible, he tortured and subsequently murdered several innocent people.

During a showdown on the old Chain of Rocks Bridge, he narrowly escaped apprehension by the Greater St. Louis Major Case Squad.

In the process, his left arm was severely crippled by a gunshot fired at close range

A gunshot fired by a man he was trying to kill.

A man who embraced the mystical arts.

A Witch.

Rowan Gant.

In December of the same year, Eldon Porter's fingerprints were found at the scene of a horrific murder in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, just south of St. Louis. An eyewitness who later spotted the victim's stolen vehicle reported that it was headed north...

Rowan Gant is a Witch.

His bane is to see things that others cannot.

To feel things he wishes he could not.

To experience events through the eyes of another...

Through the eyes of victims...

Sometimes, the things he sees are evil...

Criminal...

Because of this, in the span of less than two years, Rowan has come face to face with not one, but two sadistic serial killers...

In both cases he was lucky to survive.

Still, he abides the basic rule of The Craft-- Harm None.

This predator could make Rowan forget that rule...

In 1484, then Pope Innocent VIII issued a papal bull-- A decree giving the endorsement of the church to the inquisitors of the day who hunted, tortured, tried and ultimately murdered those accused of heresy-- especially the practice of WitchCraft. Modern day Witches refer to this dark period of history as "The Burning Times."

Rowan Gant returns to face a nightmare long thought to be a distant memory. A killer armed with gross misinterpretations of the Holy Bible and a 15th century Witch Hunting Manual known as the Malleus Maleficarum has resurrected the Inquisition and the members of the Pagan community of St. Louis are his prey.

With the unspeakable horrors of "The Burning Times" being played out across the metropolitan area, Rowan is again enlisted by Homicide Detective Benjamin Storm and the Major Case Squad to help solve the crimes-- All the while knowing full well that his religion makes him a potential target.