Ashes of Aries

I closed my eyes, intent on quieting my thoughts, the necessary first step in opening up psychically. I relaxed my shoulders and took a deep breath through my nostrils.

I smelted smoke. Sharp and pungent, it hit the back of my throat, tickling the mem­brane. I coughed and opened-my eyes. The nervousness I'd been feeling all morning turned to fear....

"Something's burning," I warned.




When Matthew Fielding, the four-year-old son of a San Diego telecommunications mogul, turns up missing, the psy...