There's a Reckoning on the Way ...And Sookie Has a Knack for Being in Trouble's Way; Not Least When She Witnesses the Firebombing of Merlotte's, the Bar Where She Works. Since Sam Merlotte is Known to Be Two-Natured, Suspicion Immediately Falls on the Anti-Shifters in the Area. Sookie Suspects Otherwise, but Before She Can Investigate Something Else - Something Even More Dangerous - Comes Up. Sookie's Lover Eric Northman and His 'Child' Pam Are Plotting Something in Secret. Whatever It Is, They Seem Determined to Keep Sookie Out of It; Almost As Determined As Sookie is to Find Out What's Going On. She Can't Sit on the Sidelines When Both Her Work and Her Love Life Under Threat - but As She's Gradually Drawn Into Their Plans Sookie Finds the Situation is Deadlier Than She Could Ever Have Imagined.