In the Hour of Crows

In a small town in Appalachia, people paint their doorways blue to keep spirits away. Black ferns grow where death will follow. And Weatherly Opal Wilder is a Death Talker. When called upon, she can talk the death out of the dying and save their lives--only once, never twice. But this truly unique gift comes at a price, rooting Weatherly to people who only want her around when they need her and resent her unfamiliar ways when they don´t. Weatherly´s cousin Adaire also has a gift: she´s a Scryer and can see the future reflected back in dark surfaces. Right before she is killed in an accident, Adaire saw something unnerving, and that´s why Weatherly believes she was murdered--never thinking for a moment that it was an accident. But when Weatherly, for the first time, is unable to talk the death out of the mayor´s son, the whole town suspects she is out for revenge, that she wouldn´t save him. With the help of clues Adaire left behind and her family´s Granny Witch recipe box, Weatherly sets out to find the truth behind her cousin´s death, whatever it takes. Imbued with magic, witchery, and suspense, Dana Elmendorf´s In the Hour of Crows is a thrilling tale of friendship, identity, and love.