** spoiler alert ** 
 Sookie makes a New Year's resolution: She's not going to get beat up. And she pretty much keeps it, at least for the first week or so. Eric's been cursed and loses his memory. Sookie takes him in and has to help Pam figure out what happened to him. With the help of a whole bunch of Supes from Shreveport, Eric's saved, but Sookie's still put in some bad spots, especially with Debbie Pelt, the shape shifter who tried to kill her in the last book. While all that's going on, Jason goes missing. He gets his eyes opened to the supernatural world before Sookie figures out where he is.