Inside a Los Angeles church, on the altar steps, lies the blood-soaked, decapitated body of the priest. Carefully located, legs extended, arms crossed over the chest, probably the most horrifying point of all is that the priest’s mind has been replaced by that of a puppy. Later, the forensic team discover that, around the victim’s chest, the figure 3 continues to be scrawled in bloodstream.

At first, Detective Robert Hunter believes that this is a ritualistic killing. But as more bodies surface, he is pressured to reassess. All the victims died in the way they feared one of the most. Their worst nightmares have actually become a reality. But how could the killer possess known? And what links these apparently random victims?

Hunter discovers himself within the trail of the elusive and sadistic killer, somone who evidently has the capacity to browse his victims’ minds. A person who can feeling what scares his victims probably the most. Someone who will minimize at nothing to achieve his twisted aim.