Find the tree. Break the spell. Or die. Peter Chienko wants nothing more from his life than to live peacefully in his home town of Pittsburgh, free from the persecution of police or the people he mugs. But after a job goes wrong he finds himself mixed up in the wrong crowd, rubbing shoulders with druids that are hundreds of years old and capable of shrugging away bullets and walking away from dismemberment or worse. One of the druids, the Caretaker, sees rare talent in Peter and offers to teach him how to survive in a world where magic is real. In exchange, he wants Peter to help him eliminate some very old enemies. Peter discovers that virtually every druid in existence wants to control him. Life is tough when you're not sure who is going to kill you first, your friends or your enemies.