Aged Mother Jilo is wise in the ways of magic…but once upon a time, she was just a girl.

1950s Georgia: King Natural cotton has fallen. Savannah is recognized as the “beautiful woman having a dirty face,” its stately style faded by overlook, its soul withering from racial injustice and political corruption.

Young Jilo-fiercely self-employed, smart, and ambitious, but thwarted by Savannah’s maddeningly genteel version of bigotry-finds herself required to embrace a dark power that has pursued her family for generations, an ancient magic that may prove her salvation…or her undoing.

Explore the exciting history of one of the Witching Savannah series’ most vivid and beloved heroes, as the resourceful and determined Jilo comes old, strives to master formidable magical abilities when confronted with overwhelming adversity, and forges her strange future against the turbulent backdrop from the civil privileges struggle in the American South.