Who is the Telekinetic Man? Magician, healer, or . . . Jesus? A powerful paranormal entity sweeps through New York City leaving madness, suicide, and death in its wake. Five thousand people are killed, tens of thousands more are affected. The FBI, along with a prominent parapsychologist, journey to the lair of the best paranormal investigator in history, Preston Stoughton. Stoughton, who had retreated from the world after disastrous events twenty years ago, tells a tale of the greatest magician in the world, Mano the Great. Mano is the only one who could have created such a massive event as the one that overwhelmed New York. Stoughton's tale of Mano is one of undreamt of power, egomania, mob violence, religion run amok, immortality, and personal betrayal, with Mano eventually posing as Jesus as he cures people of illnesses using his telekinetic power. The tale ends with Stoughton's murder of his friend, Mano. Stoughton, Mano's ex-wife, and the FBI discover that Mano is still alive. They race to find Mano to discover the secret behind the killer paranormal entity, which is now threatening millions of people in Chicago. They confront Mano on his lonely isle and realize the tremendous price that Mano has paid for his power. Can they stop a man with such tremendous power? Millions of lives hang in the balance.