Haunting Gage is the murder of a young hooker with whom he had an affair as a rookie cop. Since then, bodies of young women have been turning up throughout South Florida, all with the same mutilation, the removal of the heart. When a pretty coed escapes the cult's sacrificial altar, Gage discovers that their high priest is powerful financier Quentin Van Eck. After Van Eck's mysterious death, Gage begins to unravel the truth behind the Virilian Foundation and the sinister corruption beneath its respectable facade.
With the help of Van Eck's beautiful widow, along with former Army intelligence officer during World War Two, and a mysterious Frenchman, Gage challenges the embodiment of evil that leads to the cult of destruction.
Using the modern technology of cryonic suspension and the ancient techniques of Satanic worship, the cult engages in human sacrifice to achieve its ultimate goal, the incarnation of a malevolent spirit that will rule over the next millennium.
As Gage races against time to stop this abomination, he faces his own disgrace and confronts a force that could cost his life as it takes the lives of those around him.
