Shari knew she had been murdered. Making a vow to herself to finde her killer, Shari embarks on the strangest of all criminal investigations. One in which she spies on her old friends, and even enters their dreams-where she comes face-to-face with a nightmare from beyong the grave. THE SHADOW-a thing more horrible than death itself. The key to Shari's death. The only thing that can stop her murderer from murdering again.

Shari Cooper--a Wanderer, sent back to Earth after death to teach through stories--is inspired to write a tale of the birth of mankind, unaware that the story is true and that it has lured forth the dangerous creatures of which it speaks--creatures that hate Wanderers.