excerpt in coming book

Another from the book on which I am working, nearing its end but with a lot of work before it's ready to be out. The two following sentences say a lot about the underlying theme in To Speak of Things Unseen. What we don't know can't hurt us... except sometimes it can.

image from Canstock"Although Tucson had been a tolerant city. Some knew of the spirits and spirit workers, on either side and were understanding, blasé or pretending they didn’t know. There seemed recently though a new spirit flowing—one that operated on fear."