Carl Streator, a 40-something widower and newspapers reporter, has lived a reclusive lifestyle since the loss of life of his wife. His latest assignment is to write a series of articles on Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. In doing this, he discovers that there is an underlying commonality in the deaths. A children’s book, Poems and Rhymes All over the world, filled with an African Death chant, is available at the picture of the situations he investigates. Having browse the chant aloud, he quickly realizes the lethal power of what. As he battles against its effective grip, which has turned him right into a serial killer, he enlists aid from some eccentric compatriots who vow to rid every collection and bookstore from the deadly text before further lives are jeopardized. But what begins being a crusade to save lives soon becomes the ultimate video game of kitty and mouse, as they uncover the truth about the rhyme and are hunted by the force holding Streator captive.