Professor McGiver McGruff has a house to sell, a striped tie he cannot find, and three centuries of clutter in the way. He looks like a harmless old fool in mismatched socks. He is something older and hungrier, and the porcelain figurines crowding his mantle are a little too lifelike. The plan is simple. Charm a few hopeful buyers, work the old magic one last time, then sail for the Philippines. Then Dr. Abigail Bhutswami knocks. She is early. She is smiling. A Shattered Mirrors story.