After his surreal adventure in Mask Mortem, Jick Arnsson is eager to travel and explore new relationships. His first stop is Albuquerque, New Mexico, where he meets Brenda Grahamson.
Brenda is on a quest to find her missing sister, who may have joined a cult, and has broken off contact. Reluctant to get involved, but eager to pursue the relationship, Jick agrees to help Brenda find her sister.
They locate the cult compound outside a small town in eastern Utah. Brenda joins the cult to find her sister as Jick camps nearby. One night, he awakens to a sound and is shocked when he witnesses a vicious murder on the road to the compound.
Jick realizes the cult is not "a commune full of dopeheads," as he had once thought. Then the murders start piling up, and Jick is forced into a life-and-death struggle against a malevolent and seemingly invincible cult leader with a sinister ability...