Dolly Dripwater, Carol Crowtalker and an alarming number of other witches have disappeared after visiting a sorcerer in India. Most of them went in search of their friends and never returned. Now it's Maisie Willows turn to find the lost witches. She knows she is to be joined by two other witches but doesn't know who they are. Then her two young granddaughters turn up for a visit and girls have no idea their gran is a witch...but the quest must be started.