Several employees at Rochester's Eastman Kodak plant are brutally murdered and, based on the testimony of a dying victim, Police Chief Thomas Hastings fears that the murderer may be a werewolf.

The entity is ancient. It has taken form before, in other places, other guises. This time the place is Buffalo. The form is that of a magnificent woman...created from the dreams of a child. The eternal hunger is immense. The entity must feed. And its prey is human. Psychic detective Ryerson Biergarten is appalled at the savagery of the first killings. Far worse lies ahead, for the detective as well as the city. He is falling in love with a wonderful woman - but Joan will die - unless he can stop the Devouring.

Exploring the full potential of his psychic talents when a gateway opens between Earth and a menacing world, Ryerson Biergarten seeks to keep humans and ghosts in their proper dimensions while searching for a particular man's killer. Reprint.

When psychic Ryerson Biergarten offers his special talents to the police to help them find a serial killer with a penchant for hiding his victims in odd corners of office buildings, he is met with distrust and suspicion as he faces an evil beyond his control