From the discovery of a mass grave in northern Maine reveals the Grim truth behind The Disappearance of a religious community, private detective Charlie Parker is drawn into a violent conflict with a group of zeliots intent on tracking down a relic that could link them to the slaughter. Haunted by the ghost of a small boy and tormented by the demon killer known as Mr pud. Parker is forced to fight for his lover, his friends and his very soul.