Rex meets Erica on her 18th birthday, and realises immediately that the Lord has laid a mission upon him - he must cure this young woman of her weaknesses. His chosen method is systematic desensitisation, exposing the subject to increasing doses of what she fears most, such as being beaten or touched. Or snakes The cure does not go well at first, but Rex must persevere in the name of the Lord. Can he control his own darker feelings when he gets total control over Erica?