Jayne Ann Krentz

Charlotte Enright, who can read auras, senses that something is not right with her former lover, police chief Slade Attridge, as they are drawn into a series of violent events that brings them closer together and closer to danger.

Sylvester Jones and Nicholas Winters, founders of the Arcane Society, each sought to enhance their individual psychic talents. Winters' efforts led to the creation of a device called the Burning Lamp. Each generation the Winters man who inherits it is destined to develop multiple talents and the curse of madness. Now, plagued by hallucinations and nightmares, notorious crime lord Griffin Winters is convinced he has been struck with the Winters Curse...