Surrounded by poltergeist activity, falling in love, and acting as conduits for spirits seeking solace, Baker and Sanz continue their search for the bones of San Lin to free her from eternal torment. The word "afterglow" takes on a whole new meaning after grave-robbing at Afterglow Vista on San Juan Island—and after they themselves, fall into deeper acts of intimacy. The horrors left in the wake of Sanz's 4-times great grandfather's nightmare world put up quite a fight, as Baker and Sanz discover when a spell of vanishing calamities backfires. Their discovery of a mass grave of murdered child slaves from the 19th century sends them on a mission to rid themselves of the angry spirits haunting them and to release the pitch-black anguish of the fine collection of sins.