Carl Streator, a journalist, and Helen Boyer, a realtor specializing in haunted properties, stumble upon a nursery rhyme book containing a deadly "culling spell" from Africa. Together, they travel across America, ripping the spell from library books, stealing passwords to computer files (hint: every password is "password"), and manage to fornicate while levitating. Huh? Well, if dull, underwriten characters, ludicrous plot twists, and uninspired prose appeal to you, you'll love this novel.