Opal LaZelle is a special effects make-up artist, transforming actors into fantastical and grotesque creatures. Unknown to the casts and crews of the films she works on, Opal is gifted in the art of magicA - and she applies more than make-up when altering an actorA's features.Her latest job requires turning Corvus Weather into a dark god of the forest. But when CorvusA's performance becomes too convincingA - on set and offA - Opal realizes heA's not acting. Something has taken possession of Corvus. Something sinister tied to the townA's past, with the ability to absorb the very essence of life. Something Opal doesnA't have enough power to confront, much less drive from the man she has fallen in love with.