A nightmare killer is loose in the land of dreams... A murder/robbery on a stretch of beach just south of Laguna. A gang killing in Santa Ana. A young woman gunned down taking out the garbage. A high school track star shot during a dawn workout. A cook killed after work. A computer salesman found dead in a parking lot. A half dozen murders in the last month - unnoticed and unsolved. Like the note said. An anonymous note to investigative reporter Jimmy Gage from someone calling himself 'The Eggman' claiming the killings and threatening to come after Jimmy. Is it a hoaxer? The police think so, apart from Detective Jane Holt - assigned to the case but pulled off it. But Jimmy is driven to discover the identity of the serial killer no matter where the search takes him and it takes him right into the heart of danger.