Deep in the territory controlled by the Others - deadly paranormal beings - Vicki has made a new life for herself running The Jumble, a rustic resort. When she hosts a gathering for Trickster Night, at first everything is going well between the humans and the Others. But then someone arrives dressed as Crowbones, the Crowgard bogeyman. When the impostor is killed along with a shape-shifting Crow, and the deaths are clearly connected, everyone fears that the real Crowbones may have come to The Jumble.