The First Fire of Halloween

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Thief. Trickster. Murderer.

Humans have forgotten why they once feared the puca.

But he will make them remember.

In the small Irish town of Athboy, there is a hill where the first fire was once lit each year to mark the beginning of Samhain. Bonfires would then be lit across the country, launching a festival to celebrate the last harvest before the harsh months of winter. On the night when the boundary between the worlds of the living and the dead was at its thinnest, it was believed that the spirits of the dead wandered the land.

In recent years, that fire has been lit once more every Halloween night, and thousands of people come to celebrate.

Jamie Sheldon is an American girl visiting the town with her parents for an archaeological dig. Rone O'Callaghan lives on a farm near Tlachtga, the ancient site on the Hill of Ward. Both teenagers are close by when a local man is murdered. The circumstances suggest the killer may be acting out some ancient ritual.

The truth is even more macabre. This Halloween, as humans wander the streets wearing monster masks, there is a monster among them wearing a human mask. The most treacherous of all the ancient faerie folk . . .

The shape-changing puca.