The town of Simline is in an uproar with police under pressure to find who is responsible for the deaths and injuries suffered by numerous children. Foreign exchange student Jerome Mandel, the English heir to the largest financial legacy in human history is also counted among the missing. The boy's super wealthy father sends the Red Shield, The U. K.s most powerful super being to investigate. But what the Red Shield finds is an ever deepening mystery... ...and something watching from the shadows.