The Mortal Sleep

Months have passed since the events at Belshazzar's Feast. Vie Eliot, reluctant psychic and self-appointed defender of the small Wyoming town called Vehpese, knows that trouble is coming, but for the time being, he wants to spend as many happy days as he can with his boyfriend.

Until one night, two men arrive and blow up a car. They threaten to do more damage unless Vie leaves town. Immediately.

That same night, a woman appears at Vie's door, asking Vie to look for her missing children. The j...