Emily Fisher has escaped the spiritual hazards of Sacred Mountain. Now that she’s recovered from her ordeal, it’s time to return to more mundane concerns, such as solving Stephen Nash’s murder. But while she’s been convalescing in Lakeview, new developments among the Children of the New Revelation threaten to derail her investigation, and much, much more. “For all of Gabriel Fisher’s children are damned” in chapter 23 of Prophecies and Penalties, my weekly serial about a murder at a religious commune in Vermont. If you’re not following the story yet, you can start here.