In the beginning, a plague crossed over the House of Heidelbaum. Its youngest, Jonah, was plunged into the belly of the whale; but was culled from the darkness by the shepherd Meyer Offerman. Somewhere across the ancient land of Manhattan, Millie Morris, a guardian of the law, whose faith hath been tested, trekked South upon the death of an elderly woman.

After discovering a clue about a murderous foe, Jonah travels to a wondrous land to locate a great evil and avenge his family. But his search lands Jonah in mortal peril that only the great shepherd Meyer Offerman can rescue him from. Meanwhile, down in the land of Florida, Millie Morris discovers that evil has many faces and that her search for truth may reveal more than she bargained for.

And on the second day, God created The Hunters, who at the behest of Meyer brought Jonah into their tribe. The Hunters were wroth, “Nay!” They cried, “The Hunt is no place for a child!” But Jonah petitioned his worth and uncovered the dark hymns of a new enemy. Following the old woman’s death, Millie’s light shone forth upon sinister truths while a Great Evil conspired to keep them in the shadows.

And there was a thick darkness in all the land. As The Hunters wallowed in the valley of the shadow of death, they turned to the stars to point them on their path. Still, darkness trespassed up on the heart of Jonah, which did tempt him toward sin; and the shepherd Meyer petitioned Millie to join their flock.