Few know its name. All fear its power THE DARK MAN In an old Chicago railroad house, a crack dealer is robbing his customer—a huge, shrouded figure with a thousand in cold cash and a featureless face. The pusher empties his .44 into the man, who is slammed against a wall by the bullets' force. But he rises unharmed—and slowly approaches his attacker with a meat cleaver. ""My turn,"" he utters calmly. He's the dark man, a force of evil... THE AVENGING ANGEL In his office across town, psychic detective Sid Taine takes the case of beautiful socialite Evangeline Caldwell. She describes her husband Victor's association with the Black Lodge, and the threats against him by the mysterious Arelim—a name Taine recognizes as the master of white magic known through the centuries as the Avenging Angel, a force for good... WHO WILL DESTROY THE BLACK LODGE? Sid Taine is about to uncover the secrets of the Dark Man and Victor Caldwell—and much more. On the stage of a vast, big-city arena, the terrifying heart of the Black Lodge will stand revealed to him in an apocalyptic showdown between good and evil...