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In her debut, captivating, genre-bending contemporary novel, Barbara Burton draws us into the world of her intrepid protagonist Skyler Bennett. Skyler Bennett is reclusive, lonely, and depressed living in a small town in Southern California. She takes walks with her black lab at night to find peace and escape thoughts of her abusive family and the death of her supportive husband. One late night, during her regular walk down Rushville Street, she observes a murder in progress. Her life takes a turn when the assailant sees her face.

Essex, 1887. Clementine’s ability to read hieroglyphs makes her invaluable at her father's Egyptian relic parties, which have become the talk of the town. But at one such party, the words she interprets from an unusual amulet strike fear into her heart. As her childhood games about Isis and Nephthys—sister goddesses who protect the dead—take on a devastating resonance in her life, and tragedy slowly consumes her loved ones, she wonders what she and her father may have unleashed.