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Jericho
A troubled witch. A wealthy family with secrets. An evil that could destroy them both.
The town of Gideon, Illinois is making a bumpy recovery from the previous winter’s demonic attack. Lauren Reardon, the witch who vanquished that onslaught and saved the town, isn’t doing much better.
When she goes out for a head-clearing walk through the Gideon woods only to find herself in an Oregon forest, she thinks at first that she has been tricked. Demons are wily, after all, and will learn who and what you love and use that knowledge to control you.
But Lauren’s witch sense tells her otherwise. She has stepped through one of the “thin places” that separates the living world from the demonic, and she was drawn there for a reason. She must return to the place she once called home, to the Pacific Northwest, to learn who–or what—has called to her, and why.
Jericho holds a special place in Oregon mountain lore. The abandoned logging camp has long been the subject of urban legends and campfire tales of disappearances, of eerie sights and sounds. But it’s no fairytale ghost that wanders the ruined buildings and wooded trails. It’s an evil with roots in both ancient times and a wealthy man’s bizarre beliefs.
An evil that Lauren will have no choice but to face, even at the risk of her life, and her soul.
The town of Gideon, Illinois is making a bumpy recovery from the previous winter’s demonic attack. Lauren Reardon, the witch who vanquished that onslaught and saved the town, isn’t doing much better.
When she goes out for a head-clearing walk through the Gideon woods only to find herself in an Oregon forest, she thinks at first that she has been tricked. Demons are wily, after all, and will learn who and what you love and use that knowledge to control you.
But Lauren’s witch sense tells her otherwise. She has stepped through one of the “thin places” that separates the living world from the demonic, and she was drawn there for a reason. She must return to the place she once called home, to the Pacific Northwest, to learn who–or what—has called to her, and why.
Jericho holds a special place in Oregon mountain lore. The abandoned logging camp has long been the subject of urban legends and campfire tales of disappearances, of eerie sights and sounds. But it’s no fairytale ghost that wanders the ruined buildings and wooded trails. It’s an evil with roots in both ancient times and a wealthy man’s bizarre beliefs.
An evil that Lauren will have no choice but to face, even at the risk of her life, and her soul.
363 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 28, 2025
About the author
Kristine Smith
29 books174 followersKristine Smith is the author of the Jani Kilian series and other science fiction and fantasy novels and short stories under her own name. Her fiction has been nominated for the Locus Award for First Novel, Philip K. Dick Memorial Award and the IAFA William L. Crawford Fantasy Award, and she was the 2001 winner of the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. Prior to becoming a full-time writer, she spent 26 years working in pharmaceutical product R&D. She was born in the Northeast, grew up in the South, and currently lives in the Midwest.
Kristine Smith has also written the supernatural thrillers GIDEON and JERICHO under the name Alex Gordon.
Photo by Joel Danto/Danto Photography
Kristine Smith has also written the supernatural thrillers GIDEON and JERICHO under the name Alex Gordon.
Photo by Joel Danto/Danto Photography
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