The Witch-Bane is a psychological crime novel centered on a calculated serial killer who turns murder into ritual and meaning into weapon. When a series of meticulously executed killings begin appearing across the city, Alexander and Yiyao are pulled into a case that refuses to behave like a normal investigation. The murderer is methodical and prepared. Each scene suggests purpose, as though the crimes are part of a larger design. A design that has foundations in the most ancients parts of the world. Dark, methodical, and psychologically tense, The Witch-Bane explores obsession, control, and the cost of understanding evil too well.