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A divorced single parent, Tabitha Mornay lives on an estate on Long Island's North Shore. A promising sculptor, she spends summers in her houseboat - her life sounds reasonable enough. But her beloved - and rebellious - teenage daughter, Tess, has taken up with a dangerous boy friend and moved out of Tabitha's protective range. On the eve of Tabitha's first art show, trouble breaks on all sides: her daughter missing, her studio ransacked, murder, drugs, poison pen letters . . . .
The Burning Tower: Feu de Ciel (the fire from Heaven) one of the major tarot arcana. Sometimes called The House of God - a medieval term for a hospital. One expert, Case, notes that it traditionally stands for the Tower of Babel, the exploding tower signifies the power of utterance. Christian, another expert, calls it the "lightning-struck tower" and takes it to denote ruin, the punishment of pride, the downfall of any spirit that attempts to discover the mysteries of God. He also takes it to indicate bad luck. All experts agree that the cardr is not the best card in the pack. Tabitha has reason to worry the night she picks it for her key card.
The Burning Tower: Feu de Ciel (the fire from Heaven) one of the major tarot arcana. Sometimes called The House of God - a medieval term for a hospital. One expert, Case, notes that it traditionally stands for the Tower of Babel, the exploding tower signifies the power of utterance. Christian, another expert, calls it the "lightning-struck tower" and takes it to denote ruin, the punishment of pride, the downfall of any spirit that attempts to discover the mysteries of God. He also takes it to indicate bad luck. All experts agree that the cardr is not the best card in the pack. Tabitha has reason to worry the night she picks it for her key card.
