and ghosts from Athena’s past begin to close in
She is already forty and can’t bear to let the opportunity pass her by
and the quiet despair of a generation searching for something real
Ursula Todd is born
Harry finds himself drawn deep inside a mystical world he never knew existed and closer to his own noble destiny
The Firm Shusterman and ghosts from Athena’s pastMitch McDeere has worked hard to get where he is: third in his class at Harvard Law. Aggressively recruited by all the top firms, and initially headed for Wall Street, Mitch surprises everyone by joining Bendini, Lambert & Locke, a very private, very rich tax firm in Memphis. Mitch and his wife, Abby, move to Tennessee and quickly settle into their new life: theyre young, happy, and on the fast track. Or so they think. Soon, though, Mitch senses