(W) Sidney Williams (A) Thomas Giles

Following the harrowing news that a close friend is missing, Peter Mantus urgently travels to New Orleans to attempt to assist in locating him. While investigating a body that may be his missing friend, Peter, a renowned expert in the supernatural and ritual killings, discovers that his friend's situation isn't an isolated incident, as a rash of disappearances and dead bodies of little more than burnt husks seem to have descended upon the city.

Peter fears this trail of brutally burnt bodies points heavily to dark ritual human sacrifices. While continuing his own investigation, Peter is approached by a grieving mother desperately looking for answers and her own missing daughter. Because of his vast experience in cases such as this, Peter Mantus feels strongly that demonic spiritual entities are responsible for this horror and he focuses his search into discovering the identity of the individual responsible for summoning the dark forces and putting an end to this chaos before the city, and perhaps the world, is engulfed in the released darkness.