Spending the summer in New Orleans, Deja Freeman hopes for rest-but instead finds herself tangled deeper in the esoteric magic of the Web. There is a power growing inside her that threatens to drain her life.

All clues point to Lady Spider-the elusive creator of the Web-so Deja and her friends embark on a search across New Orleans and Sweetwater, uncovering more unsettling details about mentiscape, the drug that claimed Deja's mother's life.

But when Deja realizes she's been weaving without a true connection to the Web, she's faced with a sinister truth. Surviving it may depend on finally resolving things with her family and friends-and facing her complex feelings about her late mother.