This is the story of an ill-fated bracelet with 16 unique charms: gold locket, tiger, a cross, monkey, an angel, train engine, snake, and others. The bracelet travels through time from 19th century Georgia to modern times. It brings misery and death to each life that touches it.

Each story focuses on a single charm and its influence in the life of the present possessor of the bracelet. Each charm represents human frailty....desire, curiosity, jealousy, obsession, revenge, ambition, infidelity. The unique concept of the book makes for compelling reading. Since it is a series of chapters written by such excellent writers, it cannot help but be a fine work.