With her knack for being in trouble's way, Sookie witnesses the firebombing of Merlotte's, the bar where she works. Since Sam Merlotte is now known to be two-natured, suspicion immediately fall on the anti-shifters in the area. But Sookie suspects otherwise and she and Sam work together to uncover the culprit--and the twisted motive for the attack. But her attention is divided. Though she can't "read" vampires, Sookie knows her lover, Eric Northman, well.