Dark Maiden

Sheila Miller's newborn baby is gone. His death certificate is stamped SIDS,but Sheila knows her Timmy did not die in his crib from natural causes —

he was taken. But no one believes Sheila's tale of standing helpless while a

mysterious veiled woman hovered over the crib. Karl, Sheila's rigid, insensitive

husband, openly scoffs at the supernatural and is convinced Sheila is

emotionally ill. Her Aunt Iris — a sensual, counter-culture writer and a

continuum of the sixties who loves her niece dearly — can't accept the

story even though she wishes with all her heart she could. At least Iris is a

positive, supportive force in Sheila's life and gives her a needed refuge in her

mountain cabin. But as a series of bizarre incidents destroy innocent people

linked to Sheila, those closest to her — including Chad Olsen, a student

of Eastern philosophy to whom Sheila is inexplicably drawn — listen when a

Chinese legend historian reveals a terrifying story involving a white jade

amulet and a ferocious fox-maiden, an entity determined to destroy

Sheila.