In the aftermath of a small-town massacre, Venus McKenzie and her friends each try to deal with the fallout in their own way, not knowing that they are being pulled in the same direction: towards the pulpit of the Church of the Sandmen.
The world of magic and the mundane collide as sixteen year old Vanessa Brand struggles with her first job as a retail associate at the Sorcery Superstore, a place of wonder and enchantment. But trouble is brewing, even beyond the confines of Aisle 4.