If you''ve read Samuel''s first novel, Maggots, then you will recognize the principal characters in Devil''s Dew.

It continues the story of Eric Laswell. His daughter is now five. Her innocent, but precocious personality involves him in situations which tests and strengthens his faith.

Eric has taken over the reins of the family empire, the legacy of every male Laswell for generations past. He changes its direction, and, using his own considerable personal fortune, establishes the Carey Foundation. It is his involvement here that brings him to the attention of the Eagle, and he becomes a reluctant operative in their scheme to pilfer money from a drug cartel.

Eric is introduced to Carley O''Day, "The lady with hair that glows like the sun when it''s sleepy."