Richard J. Ralston Jr. shot himself in the head. He is the fourth wealthy New Yorker to commit suicide without any apparent reason in the past three months. The police hint at the existence of a Suicide Club…
The novel begins as a conventional detective story, only to soar into a dark world where magic once again takes centre stage.
The beautiful witch Dahut, who travels through the centuries after making the necessary pact with the powers of darkness, is in reality an unimaginably unhappy soul—helpless and vulnerable before the unfulfilled longing of a love betrayed.
Merritt, one of the masters of fantasy fiction, transforms what begins as a detective story into a soaring journey into a dark realm where magic and supernatural forces reign supreme.
