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FORTUNES TOLD tells the story of Steven Roberts, a young newlywed who becomes haunted by the recent savage killings of several people, which the authorities have attributed to random bear attacks. Through a series of nightmares and apparitions, Roberts doesn't believe these killings are random. The novel opens with Roberts having tracked the "beast" to a small town in northern Canada. There he meets up with saloon keeper Mandy Hallgren. Roberts pours his heart out to her regarding the circumstances which have led him to this isolated, backward nook of the world. Thus begins the journey into Roberts' dark world, filled with nightmares and the haunting by one of the dead. From the ghost of old Mrs. Josenhans to the old woman who predicted death through her Tarot cards, Roberts is warned of impending danger to his family and himself. He becomes obsessed with getting to the cause of these killings, and incorporates the help of friend and Game Warden John Harding in an attempt to find and kill this monster so that his living terror will finally end.