Synopsis: Amazon: [A] novel of occult vengeance and reincarnation. After a ten-year exile a young man returns to his hometown - the scene of an accident which had cut short the life of his love, a girl of great beauty and still greater promise. It is a death which he will never forget - and one for which he will never be forgiven. He falls in love with a stranger who slowly, inexplicably becomes more and more like his long-ago lover and when resemblance gives way to an astounding transformation, the novel moves to a shocking and unforgettable climax - of vengeance reaching from out of the grave to touch - to brand - the living.