About the book: year / This story is Candace Melroy, the witch of the twelfth circle. She has a weak gift, but a strong familiar and good work. She lives in provincial Rovaillon, where unusual things have been happening lately. Fires, Phantom Hounds, strange teenagers in ancient clothes, magicians without reserve... Candace is a healer, not an investigator, but it’s up to her to find the cause of the strangeness.