When Keir's coyote, his devoted witch's familiar, is kidnapped, Keir's unhealed grief over the recent deaths of loved ones he could have saved is rubbed raw. Hit with the reality that his beloved coyote is facing heinous torture and possible death, Keir must find a way to rescue his familiar and defeat the self-blame confounding his focus as a shamanic healer. He searches the crime scene--a stream through one of the coven's magical ravines--but is...