Back in Bon Temps, Sookie's workplace is paid a visit to by the leaders of the witch coven, Marnie 'Hallow' and Mark Stonebrook. Alcide and his pack master fear that one of their pack members might have defected to the witches' side, but Sookie and Alcide then discover this particular woman's murdered body. Later on, Sookie informs werewolf Alcide Herveaux of the witch coven being in town. Sookie oversees the slowly progressing police investigation of her brother's disappearance, but personally fears the witch coven might've gotten hold of him. After Sookie's brother Jason bargains on a financial settlement, Sookie agrees to keep Eric in her house and care for him, as the witches are on the lookout for Eric and might harm him. Hence, Pam believes the witches to be responsible for Eric's erased memory. Eric's second in command, Pam, is relieved at Sookie finding Eric, and explains a coven of villainous witches, some of them also werewolves, has arrived in Shreveport, set on extorting money from Eric and taking over the local power he has. Sookie, initially reluctant to get involved in vampire matters once again, takes Eric in. Sookie Stackhouse finds Eric running down the road close to her home, but he seems to have lost his memory. This novel opens on New Year's Eve, three weeks after the events of Club Dead. The novel was adapted as the fourth season of True Blood, the HBO series based on the novels, however with a few notable differences. In Dead to the World, Sookie aids vampires Eric and Pam in their struggle against a coven of witches seeking to take over control of their area, and takes care of Eric after the witches erase his memory. Dead to the World is the fourth book in Charlaine Harris's series The Southern Vampire Mysteries, released in 2004.

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