Synopsis: From the back cover of the DAW first edition: "Blood sacrifice - Assigned to the town of Thorgill to aid in tracking down a serial killer, New Scotland Yard officers Detective Chief Inspector Geoffrey Leach and Sergeant Col Gathers were about to enter a whole new territory of police investigation. And though Col, his family and the townspeople all knew what was really going on in the insular little town, everyone seemed reluctant to let Detective Leach in on the secret. But as ancient rituals began to be fulfilled, Geoff Leach found himself drawn into a war that he was never meant to be part of - facing an enemy to whom taking Geoff prisoner would mean claiming possession of him body and soul..."