Magic, mystery and murder haunt a strange, brutal city... Some things are too grotesque, even for a world of supernatural nightmare. The eccentric, untrustworthy Leland Poet investigates: who is the killer, and what awakening evil is behind this reign of terror? When he becomes entangled with a woman at the heart of the horror... then becomes a suspect... Leland is forced to flee not only the city - but his own dimension... Social breakdown follows: martial law, savagery, an epidemic of violence and bizarre disease. Leland must find a way back to his reality, through eerie netherworlds, to confront fears half-forgotten - but far from dead.