Ron Rash presents The Cove ($26.99). Deep in the rugged Appalachians of North Carolina lies the cove, a dark, forbidding place where spir­its and fetches wander, and even the light fears to travel. Or so the townsfolk of Mars Hill be­lieve—just as they know that Laurel Shelton, the lonely young woman who lives within its shad­ows, is a witch. Rash is the author of Serena.