Rob Benton is in hospital and his secret is about to be revealed. But there's another secret that he doesn't even know he has, and now Marietta Chesler, possessed by the spirit of something from The Other Side, is coming to tear it out of him. Across town, Jeff Dumont has quietly returned from Tibet, even as The American Spirit is circling Blackcross like a raptor. When Bart Hill, head of the American Spirit case, finds out, he might not think it's a coincidence—but something else is already stalking Bart...