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No longer a cop, Joanne Walker's inner magic draws her to Ireland and back in time to rescue the woman who, one year ago, sacrified her life for Joanne.

Joanne Walker could probably handle a case of homeless people disappearing, a mystical murder out of her jurisdiction, and her own transformation into a coyote. But one ordinary homicide pushes her to the edge where she might need to decide, cop or shaman?

"For once Joanne Walker's not out to save world. She's come to terms with the host of shamanic powers she's been given, her job as a police detective has been relatively calm, and she's got a love life for the first time in memory. Not bad for a woman who started out the year mostly dead. But it's Halloween and the undead have just crashed Joanne's party..."--p.[4] of cover.

For over a year, Joanne has been fighting the Master{u2014}the world's most abiding evil entity. She's sacrificed family, friendships, even watched potential futures fade away{u2026}and now the Master is bringing the final battle to Joanne's beloved Seattle. Lives will be lost as the repercussions of all Joanne's final transformation into her full Shamanic abilities come to her doorstep. Before the end, she'll mourn, rejoice{u2014}and surrender everything...

"A young Inuit shaman's epic quest for survival in the frozen lands of North America in 1000 AD. Born with the soul of a hunter and the language of the gods, Omat is destined to become a shaman like her grandfather. To protect her people, she invokes the spirits of the sky, the sea, and the air. But the gods have stopped listening, the seals won't come, and Omat's family is starving. Desperate to save them, Omat journeys through the icy wastes, fighting...