The Collar of Orpheus

In 1635, Raven Orpheus was burned as a witch in the village of Greyford. But Raven did not die. Four centuries later, seventeen-year-old Lena Evans finds a strange black cat watching her from the garden. Around its neck is an old leather collar inscribed with words she does not understand. When Lena reads them, the curse begins. Black marks spread beneath her skin. Her body changes. Her family searches for answers, but no doctor can explain what is happening. Only Lena begins to understand the truth: the cat is not a cat, the collar is not a collar, and something ancient has chosen her. Raven has waited nearly four hundred years to reclaim a human life. Now Lena's body is stolen, her soul is trapped, and everyone she loves believes the girl wearing her face is still her. But Raven's revenge is only beginning.

Pagina's: 441, Paperback, Staten House