The first original novel based on the hit TV series!
Her name is Sara Pezzini. A New York City homicide detective with a deadly secret: a few years ago, she came into the possession of the Witchblade, a mystic weapon of unknown origin that has existed for centuries. Grateful to have first used it when her life was in danger, Sara soon learned the lesson every owner of the device has been taught through the years: The Witchblade is not controlled by anyone - it does the controlling . . .
A series of brutal murders have been committed in New York, and the trail of bodies seems to lead back to Russian mob boss Vladimir Vassilyvich Konkin. But are the killings really gang-related, or the work of a mysterious group called the Order of the Raven - a group that seems to know all about Sara Pezzini's secret . . .?
At the moment, though, the Order and the Russian Mafia are the least of Sara's problems. Rumours have been spreading through the NYPD about cops on the take, and one of the accusatory fingers has been pointed directly at Sara. Now Internal Affairs is looking into her activities, and they've taken a particular interest in the more unusual aspects of her past cases - situations in which Sara had been forced to use the Witchblade to bring murderers to justice.
Caught between special prosecutors, gangsters, and mystical killers, Sara must once again call upon the Witchblade in order to survive - but will it answer that call when she needs its power the most . . .?
