Sean and Kira are back! Their love and their bond are growing but so are their unique abilities. All of which are about to be put to the test when a desperate FBI agent contacts Kira to see if her skills, painting with the ashes of the deceased, might help him catch an elusive arsonist with a gruesome MO. Kira is puzzled by the strange request for the use of her new-found technique, but agrees nonetheless. Kira is struggling both with the direction her new business is heading, and the ramifications of her new love’s growing powers of perception, but Sean’s blossoming abilities may be all that stands between them and death by a remorseless fire-starter. Maniacal takes several strange twists as both Kira and Sean work to help the FBI solve a baffling case in this riveting sequel to Dark Canvas.