A SPATE OF VICIOUS ATTACKS upon valuable Herdwick sheep, the sudden disappearance of a foreign hiker, and the unexplained drowning of a woodland hermit - a series of apparently unconnected events - draw Detective Inspector Daniel Skelgill to the white-knuckle passes and isolated dales of deepest Lakeland. As straws in the wind begin to suggest there is sorcery afoot - and perhaps some connection to an equally sinister trade in human traffic - Skelgill and his team risk dire consequences as they strive to fathom the mystery, infiltrate the secretive ring and expose its evil perpetrators. In the fifth Inspector Skelgill novel, the maverick British detective faces what is his greatest challenge yet, as he strives to overcome an error of judgement that could leave his career - and his life - in tatters.