Written under the pseudonym D.B. Jackson: As a result of the British Crown raising onerous taxes, Revolution is brewing and intrigue swirls around troublemakers such as Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty. But for Ethan Calley, a thief hunter who makes a living by performing witchcraft to help him solve crimes, politics doesn't matter... until he begins searching for jewelry that was worn by the murdered daughter of one of the famous families. Suddenly he encounters another spellcaster of incredible forces, with someone unknown, someone who is part of a conspiracy reaching the highest levels of power in an unstable colony. His rival has already killed - not for his own benefit, but in the service of his powerful masters, for whom people are just pawns in a political game. Ethan could pay with his head and he knows it. As a person with a dark past, he can afford to give up his earnings, allow himself to retreat. But he can't stop, his magic has already left its mark, so he must fight for his chances even though he is hopelessly losing; his fate already seems determined in the ghostly hands of someone he has never even seen.