Karen Fox returns to the family homestead after her father's suicide and discovers it has become the locus of a malignant Mayan plant demon. She must battle the demon and its adherents with the help of Kyle, an ex-con, and Quetzal, a magic-wielding Guatemalan bruja. Quetzal raises an army of the ghosts of women who have been sacrificed. Quetzal raises an army of the ghosts of women who have been sacrificed — but if they cannot win the battle, their souls will be forfeit.

Sheila Miller's newborn baby is gone. His death certificate is stamped SIDS, but Sheila knows her Timmy did not die in his crib from natural causes - he was taken. But no one believes Sheila's tale of standing helpless while a mysterious veiled woman hovered over the crib. Karl, Sheila's rigid, insensitive husband, openly scoffs at the supernatural and is convinced Sheila is emotionally ill. Her Aunt Iris — a sensual, counter-culture writer and a continuum of the sixties who loves her niece dearly — can't accept the story even though she wishes with all her heart she could. At least Iris is a positive, supportive force in Sheila's life and gives her a needed refuge in her mountain cabin. But as a series of bizarre incidents destroy innocent people linked to Sheila, those closest to her — including Chad Olsen, a student of Eastern philosophy to whom Sheila is inexplicably drawn — listen when a Chinese legend historian reveals a terrifying story involving a white jade amulet and a ferocious fox-maiden, an entity determined to destroy Sheila.