House at Hawk's End

Had she come here of her own free will? Or had she been "sent" by an evil force from the past?

JEAN STARED IN FEAR AT THE OLD WOMAN

But her young voice was steady. "When I arrived you said I was here because I had to come. Why did you say that?" Amantha's gaze was coldly penetrating. "Because you are possessed!"

Sophisticated, beautiful, impetuous Jean Burroughs had fled the chaos of the city seeking sanctuary at the House at Hawk's End. She needed to be alone. And what was more natural than to retreat to the peace and silence of the old family place high on a lonely tip of the Nova Scotia coast.

But from the moment of her arrival, Jean was swiftly aware that her dream of peace was becoming a nightmare of shadows and violence. For some strange reason the townspeople hated her. They shunned her efforts of friendliness. They wanted her to leave. But Jean was stubborn … and proud. Then, when the accidents began, when fiery visions appeared on the sea and the sound of death padded after her in the night, Jean knew something weird and evil had broken loose. But why had it chosen her?