There"s a reckoning on the way ...and Sookie has a knack for being in trouble"s way; not least when she witnesses the firebombing of Merlotte"s, the bar where she works. Since Sam Merlotte is known to be two-natured, suspicion immediately falls on the anti-shifters in the area. Sookie suspects otherwise, but before she can investigate something else - something even more dangerous - comes up. Sookie"s lover Eric Northman and his "child" Pam are plotting something in secret. Whatever it is, they seem determined to keep Sookie out of it; almost as determined as Sookie is to find out what"s going on. She can"t sit on the sidelines when both her work and her love life under threat - but as she"s gradually drawn into their plans Sookie finds the situation is deadlier than she could ever have imagined.