The 16-year-old girl disappeared after school on an October afternoon. The police have exhausted all leads. It's been weeks, but her mother, Barbara, will not stop searching for Melissa. Her husband, Mark, has given up...and started drinking. Her younger daughter Rachel feels neglected. The police think she is a nuisance. Her job is in jeopardy. But even more mysterious things begin happening around Barbara. The shadows that have no source...a dark form glimpsed beneath Melissa's bed...the ravens that have congregated on the lawn. Desperate, Barbara turns to the mysterious Sterling, a man the police scorn as a psychic, a fraud, and maybe worse. Can Sterling help Barbara find her daughter before it is too late? And what is the mysterious Bishops' Curse that has haunted Barbara's family for centuries? The Demon Shadow is the first in a series of haunting thrillers that will keep you on the edge of your seat.