In her fourteenth book, best-selling New Age cryptonovelist Andrews tries to stretch the limitations of first-person narrative. She doesn"t go cold turkey, however, and leave behind the framework of the Sisterhood of the Shield, the secret women"s shamanic society in which she claims to participate. Instead, she embeds a more conventional novel within that frame - a story that, being about sex and love and betrayal, has immediate appeal. Unfortunately, Andrews has not yet learned several primary fictional techniques, for she tells rather than shows, relies on monologue rather than action, and shifts point of view wildly, which makes it almost a relief to return to the lecturing sage Agnes at book"s end. Still, Andrews includes enough new material on questions of power and sexuality in sorcery to please her devoted followers. Anticipate relatively high demand.