
Sylvia Sullivan, a Fox Immortal, has protected Alistair Payne. Her non-human identity is exposed. Alistair is injured, and clues point to a demonic culprit. The culprit is shot and escapes. A plague crisis breaks out in King's Hollow, forcing villagers to seek help from Gideon the Great. Fraudulent fortune-telling is revealed, and the plot unfolds with multiple interwoven mysteries.