I did not like this book. Although I enjoyed the other Diana Tregarde investigation books, this book held little mystery and little investigation. The author followed the bad guy as much as the protagonists and I found that this left me little mystery other than wishing the good guys would wise up and kill the bad guy. There were so many clues and hints and they skirted around the edges of knowing what was going on, but even in the end, they didn't figure it out, which left me sorely disappointed. I also really didn't like the characters, especially the secondary main character Deke. Although they were well-written, they just weren't the kind of people I enjoyed, because they did such stupid things for reasons that really didn't make sense. The end of the story left me feeling very unresolved in terms of story and characters.

Diana Tregarde comes to the rescue again when her college buddy's son comes under supernatural threat. What she doesn't realize is how ancient the threat truly is. The book explores high school drama of the type I can still remember watching as I walked down the halls of my own high school 11 years ago. Throw in some sex Magick (no graphic details, more along the lines of they kissed.....and three hours later), a sorcerer that feeds on violence, all combined with high school puberty and hormones and you have quite a deadly mix as several nonmemorable character found out the hard way.
The main character of Deke, Alan, and Monica are incredible. They scream teen-age drama in just about everything you do which only draws the reader deeper into their lives as the author happily leads you to what could have been their doom.
The only draw back to this book is the lack of a sequel. The book resolves the story of the teen-agers, but leaves not just one, but two cliff-hangers on the last page that left me somewhat disappointed and looking for a next page/book that doesn't exist. ( )

The third and final installment of the Diana Tregarde occult mystery series finds our heroine coming to Tulsa OK after a friend of hers, also a psi, feels that his son is being put into some kind of grave danger by an unnamed threat. Diana is there to sort of look out for him by whatever psychic & occult means are necessary. But this time, she's battling a really evil enemy.

Kind of slow moving really up until the end, but it was still okay. If you're going to read this one, I highly suggest that you read the first two in order before you do this one. ( )