When Roland accompanied his fellow journalist to Portland for a long weekend break where his friend also had a secretive interview arranged, he was totally unprepared for the events which subsequently unfolded. His friend's investigative meeting unleashed a set of consequences which brought fear and death in and around the city, and Roland was propelled right into the midst of it. As he ran and hid in the city to elude these sadistic killers, and the violence which had shattered his peaceful existence, the mounting danger sent him into a flight where he was dragged into a dark underworld of greed, sex and violence. Fear and desperation causes the young journalist to develop latent and strange psychic and paranormal abilities which assist him in his struggles against his assailants, but his inexperience in this dark subsistence soon threatens his sanity and his life. His subsequent friendship with an aggressive blond Norseman and a rambunctious cat might make for an unholy and unlikely alliance, but they are both well suited to assist him to cope and survive in this threatening lifestyle, and slowly the bond between them develops into a formidable force.