In the beginning, a plague crossed over the House of Heidelbaum. Its youngest, Jonah, was plunged into the belly of the whale; but was culled from the darkness by the shepherd Meyer Offerman. Somewhere across the ancient land of Manhattan, Millie Morris, a guardian of the law, whose faith hath been tested, trekked South upon the death of an elderly woman.

After discovering a clue about a murderous foe, Jonah travels to a wondrous land to locate a great evil and avenge his family. But his search lands Jonah in mortal peril that only the great shepherd Meyer Offerman can rescue him from. Meanwhile, down in the land of Florida, Millie Morris discovers that evil has many faces and that her search for truth may reveal more than she bargained for.