Contains an introduction to the practice of voodoo, including information on its history, origins, variations, healing and restorative powers, as well as descriptions of its negative uses such as black magic.
Tyler was angry when his teacher gave him an F on his final. But he didn't really believe one quick poke on a voodoo doll would make Mr. Click's leg explode. He definitely didn't think Adam, who gave him the doll in the first place, would blackmail him with a second doll made in Tyler's image.
Examines the likely origins of stories of the undead, discussing such frightening creatures as zombies, walking mummies, and the infamous Frankenstein.
Forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan investigates the murders of a teenage boy and girl in Charlotte, North Carolina, uncovering a web of dishonest politics, religious persecution, and voodoo.