Michael Malkin

The Witches of Pearblossom Michael Malkin

A rattlesnake farm, GMO marijuana factory, home court for a witches's coven. That's the foster home in Pearblossom, California, where Will and Rivka, both fourteen, are placed along with Tanya, an eight year old. When Tanya disappears, the foster mother, who moonlights as the coven's High Priestess, insists there was no Tanya. Will and Rivka determine to solve the mystery of Tanya's disappearance while contending with witchcraft, hostile law enforcement, Chinese gangsters, corrupt county officials, the vagaries of Juvenile Court, the complexities of falling in love, and an enviro-terrorist cell bent on defending an endangered, lethally venomous, giant spider. Wickedly funny, satiric humor. A compelling cast of offbeat, zealous, mysterious characters.